IMMUNOSTIMULATION AS ADJUVANT FOR THE CHEMOTHERAPY OF EXPERIMENTAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS

Immunosuppressed animals respond poorly to schistosomal chemotherapy and that a proper response can be restored by the administration of immune serum. Present study attempts to search whether immunological stimulation would increase drug effectiveness. Swiss mice infected with 50 S. mansoni cercaria...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Luciana M. SILVA, Zilton A. ANDRADE
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1997
Subjects:
Schistosomiasis
Immunostimulation
Chemotherapy
Oxamniquine
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Droga
The Portal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651997000100003
https://doaj.org/article/db70561b5f1c49ea9b36972105cb76cb

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