Influence of Schistosoma mansoni infection on the reproductive capacity of albino mice

This paper reports reduction on the reproductive capacity of female mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni, either in the acute phase or in the chronic one of the disease. This decrease in the reproductive capacity was highly significant (93.3% and 86.7%, for the acute and chronic phases, respective...

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Main Authors: Romulo Teixeira Mello, Cristina Hueb Barata, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Aluízio Prata
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1998
Subjects:
Schistosoma mansoni
Mice
Reproduction
Pregnancy
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/995b6e408712452ea917e143965c2c93
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Summary:This paper reports reduction on the reproductive capacity of female mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni, either in the acute phase or in the chronic one of the disease. This decrease in the reproductive capacity was highly significant (93.3% and 86.7%, for the acute and chronic phases, respectively).

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