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Peri-portal fibrosis of the liver due to natural or experimental infection with schistosoma mansoni occurs in the Kenyan baboon
Njenga, M. N.; Farah, I.O; Muchemi, G. K; Nyindo, M (Infectious Diseases Programme, Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of KenyaDepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 1998)The chronic granulomatous inflammation that occurs during schistosomiasis mansoni and its reparative healing lead to hepatic fibrosis, with subsequent portal hypertension (a life-threatening sequela). IIi the murine model, ...