| schistosoma mansoni infection in owl monkeys (aontus nancymai): evidence for the early elimination of adult worms. | detailed parasitologic, serologic, clinical and histopathologic studies were conducted in owl monkeys (aotus nancymai) exposed to varying numbers of cercariae of schistosoma mansoni. all the experimental animals had clinical symptoms suggestive of infection (weight loss diarrhoea, mucus in stools, etc.) which were not seen in uninfected individuals. the only a. vociferans included in this study passed s. mansoni eggs 8 weeks after infection. none of the a. nancymai passed eggs in their faeces. n ... | 1998 | 9777712 |