After ingestion, the coracidium loses its ciliature and penetrates the gut into the body cavity where is develops from an
oncosphere into a plerocercoid (previously also called procercoid, see article for terminology of cestode larvae 23).
solium activated
oncosphere TSOL18 gene, based on the sequence reported by Gauci et al.
(5,8,10) The eggs are round to oval in shape, measure an average of 25-40 [micro]m in diameter, and contain an
oncosphere with 6 hooklets.
multilocularis are sensitive to environmental factors: elevated temperature and desiccation can effectively reduce
oncosphere infectivity (Veit et al., 1995).
The egg hatches in the small intestine and releases an
oncosphere.
Oncospheres penetrate the intestinal wall and are carried in blood or lymph to various internal organs.
(14) Some cysticercus antigens can react with anti-sera against T solium adult and
oncosphere, indicating that they also have common antigens.
* The eggs release the
oncosphere (immature larvae) in the animal's intestine.
Humans are accidental hosts and get infected by ingestion of embiyonated eggs, which then hatches in the small intestine and releases an
oncosphere that moves to the circulatory system by penetrating small intestine wall and gets lodged in different organs, in particular liver and lungs.
Following ingestion by a human or ungulate intermediate host (sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, horses, and camels), an
oncosphere larva is released from the egg.
After the entry of embryos (
oncospheres) into the blood stream, the
oncosphere can invade various organs and develop into a Hydatid Cyst.
The
oncosphere embryos emerge from the eggs, penetrate the intestinal wall, and are disseminated by the bloodstream to various tissues where the larval stage, or cysticercus, develops.
Echinococcus granulosus: antigenic proteins in
oncospheres and on the surface of protoscoleces identified by serum antibodies from infected dogs.