Glandular cell products in adult cestode: A new tale of tapeworm interaction with fish innate immune response.

The caryophyllidean tapeworm (Janiszewska, 1953) is indigenous to the Lake Blidinje in the west-central part of Bosnia-Herzegovina where it infects chub (Heckel, 1843). Of 22 chubs examined, 45% were infected with and a total of 912 specimens of this worm were counted. Histopathological and ultrastructural investigations were conducted on interface region between chub intestine and cestode scolex.

Infection of endemic chub with the intestinal tapeworm (Cestoda): histopathology and ultrastructural surveys.

The endemic chub (Heckel, 1843) was introduced more than 100 years ago to Lake Blidinje (Bosnia-Herzegovina). Only 1 species of enteric helminth was found in a sample of 35 chubs, the tapeworm (Janiszewska, 1953). The paper includes histopathological investigation with identification of innate immune cells involved in host reaction and molecular data allowed correct designation of the cestode species.