Article
Characterisation of ocular involvement in an experimental model of neuroschistosomiasis mansoni
Registro en:
FIDELIS, Thiago Andre Alves et al. Characterisation of ocular involvement in an experimental model of neuroschistosomiasis mansoni. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 114, p.1-2, 2019.
0074-0276
10.1590/0074-02760190029
Autor
Fidelis, Thiago Andre Alves
Brasileiro Filho, Geraldo
Santos, Helena Hollanda
Santos, Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos
Parreiras, Patricia Martins
Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech
Pereira, Neusa Araujo
Chaud, Marco Vinicius
Lambertucci, José Roberto
Resumen
The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 listed schistosomiasis among the leading 100 causes of death in Brazil, responsible for 3.6% of the estimated total of deaths globally. Eye and adnexa are very rarely affected by schistosomiasis mansoni, with limited documentation of ocular pathology in this setting. This short communication reports ocular histolopathological findings in a murine model of neuroschistosomiasis mansoni. Lesions were found in the bulbar conjunctiva, lacrimal gland, choroid and corneoscleral limbus.