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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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2014-05-01
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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 |