Histopathological and electron microscopic studies of the kidney in experimentally infected mice with schistosoma mansoni

ABSTRACT

Fifty albino mice were individually infected with Schistosoma mansoni by paddling technique. Kidney biopsies were taken at the 12th week post-infection for histopathological examination both by the light microscope [LM] and electron microscope [EM]. The histopathologic and electron microscopic changes encountered were mainly mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis [60 and mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis [40% of infected mice]