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MICE exposed percutaneously to cercariæ of S. mansoni develop an infection which can be well standardized. For the past three years we have exposed albino mice, kept in identical conditions of diet and housing, to about 200 cercariæ of a Venezuelan strain1 which led to the development of a bisexual infection in the portal and mesenteric veins and the deposition of eggs in the liver, intestinal walls and occasionally in the lungs.
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SORELL, A., OMEDAS, A. An Anomalous Infection of Mice with Schistosoma mansoni. Nature 197, 814 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197814a0
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