Brain schistosomiasis in mice experimentally infected with Schistosoma mansoni

Introduction Human neuroschistosomiasis has been reported in the literature, but the possibility of modeling neuroschistosomiasis in mice is controversial. Methods In two research laboratories in Brazil that maintain the Schistosoma mansoni life cycle in rodents, two mice developed signs of brain...

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Main Authors: José Roberto Lambertucci, Thiago André Fidelis, Thiago Almeida Pereira, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Neuza Araujo, Márcia Maria de Souza, Geraldo Brasileiro Filho, Fausto Edmundo Lima Pereira, Carlos Mauricio Antunes
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2014-05-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822014000200251&lng=en&tlng=en