Experimental Evaluation of the Pathogenicity of Different Strains of Schistosoma mansoni

The pathogenesis of three different Schistosoma mansoni strains from the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais (BH strain) and São Paulo (SJ and SD strains) was evaluated in experimentally infected mice. Observations of the most severe clinical cases among local patients treated (SD strain) in the city o...

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Main Authors: Antônio Aurélio Euzébio, Nádia Regina Borim Zuim, Arício Xavier Linhares, Luiz Augusto Magalhães, Eliana Maria Zanotti-Magalhães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/894940