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The ultrastructural development of the schistosome egg granuloma in mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Mary D. Smith
Mary D. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1.
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Hepatic granulomas from mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni for periods of 8 weeks to 1 year were studied by electron microscopy. The different cell types present in the granulomas suggested that whilst a delayed hypersensitivity response predominated during early stages of infection an Arthus-type reaction associated with delayed hypersensi-tivity occurred at later stages of infection.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 75 , Issue 1 , August 1977 , pp. 119 - 123
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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