Hepatosplenic lesions induced by experimental Schistosoma malayensis in rabbits.
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1993-06-01
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Two groups of three rabbits each were infected with 250 cercariae of the Baling and Koyan strain of Schistosoma malayensis. Changes induced by both strains included periportal hepatocellular necrosis and fibrosis. Vascular changes such as portal phlebitis and thrombophlebitis and varying degrees of pericholangitis were also present. Amyloid deposition was noted. A comparative study of the changes induced in rabbits by S. malayensis, S. mekongi and S. japonicum showed that the hepatic lesions induced by the Baling strain of S. malayensis were similar to that induced by S. japonicum, and were more severe than that induced by S. mekongi or the Koyan strain.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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Shekhar KC, Pathmanathan R. Hepatosplenic lesions induced by experimental Schistosoma malayensis in rabbits. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1993 Jun; 24(2): 333-9