ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease caused by trematode flatworms of the genus Schistosoma, affects more than 200 million people worldwide, and its control is dependent on a single drug, praziquantel. Here, we report the in vitro effect of rotundifolone, a monoterpene isolated f...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: We studied the potential in vitro antischistosomal activity of Cerastes cerastes venom on adult Schistosoma mansoni worms. METHODS: Live specimens of the horned viper snake, C. cerastes were collected from the Aswan Governorate (Egypt). Venom was collected from snakes by manual...
El estudio de la quetotaxia cercariana de Schistosoma mansoni permitió: caracterizar una cepa del trematodo proveniente de Biomphalaria tenagophila naturalmente infectadas, procedentes de la ciudad de Taubaté (Estado de Sao Pulo, Brasil). El 27% de las cercarias estudiadas presentó un total de 12 papi...
The effects of a single dose (100 mg/kg-body weight of mouse) of oxamniquine on the worm's tegument and paranchyma in relation to the process of immunological granulomatous reaction of the host's liver are described under light and electron microscopy (EM). The lesions caused by the drug are sequentially...
