In Vivo MRI Assessment of Hepatic and Splenic Disease in a Murine Model of Schistosomiasis [corrected].

• Main Authors: Brice Masi (Author), Teodora-Adriana (Author), Caroline Laprie (Author), Helia Dessein (Author), Monique Bernard (Author), Alain Dessein (Author), Angèle Viola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis (or bilharzia), a major parasitic disease, affects more than 260 million people worldwide. In chronic cases of intestinal schistosomiasis caused by trematodes of the Schistosoma genus, hepatic fibrosis develops as a host immune response to the helminth eggs, followed by po...