Echinococcus multilocularis and Its Intermediate Host: A Model of Parasite-Host Interplay

Figure 1

The laminated layer of Echinococcus multilocularis. Scanning electron microscopic visualization of an Echinococcus multilocularis metacestode vesicle trans-section: hollow arrow indicates outer laminated layer, white arrow indicates the inner germinal layer (Photo: A. Hemphill, IPB, Bern, Switzerland).