The effect of Zymomonas mobilis culture on experimental Schistosoma mansoni infection O efeito da cultura de Zymomonas mobilis na infecção experimental por Schistosoma mansoni

C57Bl/10 male mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni were distributed into mixed, prophylactic and curative groups. A culture of Zymomonas mobilis was orally administered to mice. A 61% protection from the infection was observed in the curative group (p <0.05). Histopathological study of the live...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Juliana de Fátima Macedo Santos, Joelma Vasconcelos, Joelma Rodrigues de Souza, Eridan de Medeiros Coutinho, Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro, Eulália Azevedo-Ximenes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2004
Subjects:
Zymomonas mobilis
Schistosoma mansoni
Imunopotenciadores
Estudos experimentais
Immunopotentiators
Experimental studies
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822004000600015
https://doaj.org/article/18f65740d78b4fde9c5910cb11774294
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Summary:C57Bl/10 male mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni were distributed into mixed, prophylactic and curative groups. A culture of Zymomonas mobilis was orally administered to mice. A 61% protection from the infection was observed in the curative group (p <0.05). Histopathological study of the livers and intestines showed similar results. Camundongos C57Bl/10 do sexo masculino, infectados com Schistosoma mansoni foram distribuídos nos grupos misto, profilático e curativo. Cultura de Zymomonas mobilis foi administrada oralmente aos camundongos. Uma proteção de 61% foi observada no grupo curativo (p<0,05). Os estudos histopatológicos dos fígados e intestinos mostraram resultados similares.

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