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Fig. 1 | Parasites & Vectors

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From: In vivo fluorescent cercariae reveal the entry portals of Cardiocephaloides longicollis (Rudolphi, 1819) Dubois, 1982 (Strigeidae) into the gilthead seabream Sparus aurata L.

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Summary of the main aims and results of the study. a Effect of the dye on cercarial survival and activity, recorded for 24 hours post-labelling (hpl). Survival and activity curves representing the results of the regression Weibull model (RWM) for NB and CFSE labelled cercariae within 5 hpl. b CFSE-labelled cercariae penetration pattern into fish observed and recorded in a XY coordinate system, divided into 3 major regions and 11 sub-regions. Major region boxplot represents the LMM results, sub-region boxplot represents pairwise comparison results, where “a” indicates the sub-regions significantly different from “b” sub-region (i.e. caudal fin, showing the lowest cercarial density). c Effect of the dye on cercarial infection and metacercarial encystment. The number of brain-encysted metacercariae was recorded at 20 days post-infection (dpi). The boxplot shows the GLMM results. Horizontal bars represent median values, box edges indicate interquartile range, first and third quartile, whiskers indicate the minimum and maximum values. Significant differences are marked with an asterisk or with different letters

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