Real-time observation of pathophysiological processes during murine experimental Schistosoma japonicum infection using high-resolution ultrasound imaging

• Published in: Tropical Medicine and Health
• Main Authors: Katsumi Maezawa, Rieko Furushima-Shimogawara, Akio Yasukawa, Nobuo Ohta, Shiro Iwanaga
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018
• Subjects: Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis; Ultrasonography; Non-invasive observation; Liver fibrosis; Portal hypertension; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; The Portal
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-017-0082-5; https://doaj.org/article/791d95fb2fa7471bb634328852942915

Abstract Background Hepatosplenic lesion formation is one of the typical clinical symptoms of schistosomiasis japonica. Although it is established that circum-oval granuloma formation mediated by T lymphocytes is the key event triggering the formation of hepatic lesions, the time-course kinetics of...