Hepatic pathology in Capillaria hepatica infected mice

Septal fibrosis of the liver regularly develops in rats infected with Capillaria hepatica. To find out whether such fibrosis also occurs in mice, 20 animals were submitted to infection with either 100 or 300 embryonated eggs and histologically examined after several periods of time, from 30 to 110 d...

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Main Authors: Bruna Magalhães Gotardo, Rodrigo Guimarães Andrade, Zilton A. Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2000-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822000000400002&tlng=en