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Susceptibility of two strains of mice to the infection with Schistosoma mansoni: parasitological and biochemical studies.
Parasitology research - 1 Oct 2008
Bin Dajem Saad M, Mostafa Osama M S, El-Said Fahmy G
Abstract excerpt
In this article, two strains of mice BALB/C and C57 were infected with Egyptian strain of Schistosoma mansoni. BALB/C mice appeared to harbor fewer parasites than did C57 mice. The hepatic and intestinal tissues of C57 mice were loaded with more eggs than that of BALB/C mice. Regardless the strain of mice, the number of eggs per gram of liver tissues was higher than in the intestinal tissues. Some biochemical...
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