Schistosoma mansoni in mice: modulation of granulomatous response after reinfection and chemotherapeutic treatment

Mice previously infected with Schistosoma mansoni, and cured by specific treatment (400mg/kg oxamniquine, p. o.) in the chronic phase of the disease, were reinfected 20 days after treatment to assess their capacityfor modulation ofthe granulomatous response. Histopathologic examination of the animal...

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Main Authors: Paulo Marcos Z. Coelho, Pedro Raso, Rômulo Teixeira de Mello, Nivaldo H. Toppa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1994-09-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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