Involvement of regional lymph nodes after penetration of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae in naive and infected mice

The parotid lymph nodes of naive and previously infected Balb/c mice were studied after, respectively, infection and re-infection with cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni via the ears. Schistosomula were able to pass through the lymph node by following the lymph flow or by penetrating the veins of the...

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Main Authors: Silene P Lozzi, Conceição RS Machado, Silvia E Gerken, Tomas A Mota-Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1996-08-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000400017