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Figure 5

From: Influence of inflammation on parasitism and area of experimental amoebic liver abscess: an immunohistochemical and morphometric study

Figure 5

Immunohistochemical reaction for macrophages in the liver of mice inoculated with E. histolytica or E. dispar treated and untreated with dexamethasone. Scarcity of immunoreactive macrophages (arrowheads) adjacent to the debris-rich hepatic necrosis (N) in the groups EGG-DEX (b) and MCR-DEX (d) compared to groups EGG (a) and MCR (c). Non-necrotic hepatic parenchyma (H). Bar 50 μm. Harris's haematoxylin counterstained.

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Parasites & Vectors

ISSN: 1756-3305

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