Repeated infections with Schistosoma mansoni and liver fibrosis in undernourished mice

Acta Tropica

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-24

  Coutinho, Eridan M ^a   Silva, Fabiana L ^a   Barros, Andreia F ^a   Araújo, Roni E ^a   Oliveira, Sheilla A ^a   Luna, Carlos F ^a   Barbosa Jr , Aryon A ^b   Andrade, Zilton A ^b  

^a Cidade Univ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Liver fibrosis; Malnutrition; Re infections; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE;

BODY CONDITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENDOPARASITE; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LESION; MALNUTRITION; MORPHOMETRY; PARASITE INFESTATION; RODENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; EGG; EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REINFECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; CLEMATIS LASIANTHA; MUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33846849596     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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