Egg excretion in the initial phase of experimental murine schistosomiasis mansoni: stability and association with worm burden


Autoria(s): Rocha,Regina Lunardi; Rocha,Manoel Otávio da Costa; Pedroso,Ênio Roberto Pietra; Colosimo,Enrico Antônio; Coelho,Paulo Marcos Zech
Data(s)

01/08/1995

Resumo

Stability of faecal egg excretion and correlation with results related to worm burden at the initial phase of schistosomiasis mansoni were observed in two groups of mice infected with different Schistosoma mansoni cercarial burdens, by means of analysis of quantitative parasitological studies and schistosome counts after perfusion. Thus, it may be stated that few quantitative parasitological stool examinations could be sufficient to express the infection intensity at the initial phase, on the same grounds that it was already demonstrated at the chronic phase. Furthermore, it is confirmed that the use of the number of eggs passed in the faeces as a tool to estimate the worm burden at the initial phase of schistosome infection is adequate.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651995000400007

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto de Medicina Tropical

Fonte

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.37 n.4 1995

Palavras-Chave #Schistosomiasis #Egg excretion #Stability #Worm burden
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journal article