Schistosoma mansoni: acquired immunity in mice after the use of oxamniquine at the evolutive skin and pulmonary phases Schistosoma mansoni: imunidade adquirida em camundongos, após o uso de oxamniquina durante as fases evolutivas da pele e do pulmão
Mice infected with 350 cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni (LE strain) were treated with oxamniquine, at the dose of 400 mg/kg, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h after infection. Forty days after the treatment, the animals were submitted to a challenge infection with 80 cercariae, through the abdominal and ear skin...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
1991-02-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651991000100006 |