Lower Faecal Egg Excretion in Chemically-induced Diabetic Mice Infected with Schistosoma mansoni Due to Impaired Egg Maturation

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Curso de Biologia Parasitária. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Mpedicas. Departamento de Patologia e Laboratórios. Disciplina de Parasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes. Departamento de Ciências Fisiolológicas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Mpedicas. Departamento de Patologia e Laboratórios. Disciplina de Parasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

The effect of streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus was studied in mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Faecal egg excretion was lower in diabetic mice but worm load and total amount of eggs in the intestine tissue were equal to the control group. Evaluation of an oogram showed a great number of immature dead eggs and a low number of mature eggs in diabetic mice. It was therefore concluded that faecal egg excretion was lower in diabetic mice due to impaired egg maturation.

Keywords in Portuguese

Schistosoma mansoni
Diabetes mellitus

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Schistosoma mansoni
Diabetes mellitus
Oogram

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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.

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HULSTIJN, Maarten et al. Lower Faecal Egg Excretion in Chemically-induced Diabetic Mice Infected with Schistosoma mansoni Due to Impaired Egg Maturation. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 96, n. 3, p. 393-396, Apr. 2001.

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10.1590/S0074-02762001000300020

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0074-0276

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