Ectopic schistosomiasis in hamsters infected with schistosoma mansoni

ABSTRACT

Twenty hamsters were included in this work, each was infected with cercariae of S. mansoni. Fifty days later the animals were dissected and their organs were digested. It was found that the highest incidence of ectopic schistosomal eggs was in the skeletal muscles, followed by cardiac muscles and brain. The lowest incidence was in the eye