The effect of Zymomonas mobilis culture on experimental Schistosoma mansoni infection O efeito da cultura de Zymomonas mobilis na infecção experimental por Schistosoma mansoni

The effect of Zymomonas mobilis culture on experimental Schistosoma mansoni infection O efeito da cultura de Zymomonas mobilis na infecção experimental por Schistosoma mansoni

C57Bl/10 male mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni were distributed into mixed, prophylactic and curative groups. A culture of Zymomonas mobilis was orally administered to mice. A 61% protection from the infection was observed in the curative group (p <0.05). Histopathological study of the live...

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Main Authors: Juliana de Fátima Macedo Santos, Joelma Vasconcelos, Joelma Rodrigues de Souza, Eridan de Medeiros Coutinho, Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro, Eulália Azevedo-Ximenes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2004-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Zymomonas mobilis
Schistosoma mansoni
Imunopotenciadores
Estudos experimentais
Immunopotentiators
Experimental studies
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