Project: Distribution of Myxobolus cerebralis Infections in Tubifex tubifex, its Secondary Host

Primary Investigator: Anne Rusoff
Project Summary: The investigators developed a rapid technique for sectioning the worm host of whirling disease to examine the course of infection within individual worms. Three strains of worms with varying susceptibility to infection were examined. The new technique allowed the investigators to trace the differing courses of infection they exhibited. It also allowed them to identify infected worms at an earlier stage than was previously possible. This should permit researchers to rapidly determine if worms taken from streams are or will shortly be releasing triactinomyxons.
Funding Period: 2000-2001
Final Report: rusoff_00-01.pdf
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