Circulating adhesion molecules in patients with different clinical forms of S. mansoni infection.

Elucidating the mechanisms that regulate the severity of schistosomiasis has been a major research objective over the past several years. In this study, morbidity of S. mansoni infection was assessed using an ultrasonographic staging system of periportal fibrosis of the liver.

Cytokine secretion profile associated with periportal fibrosis in S. mansoni-infected Egyptian patients.

Periportal fibrosis (PPF) is a major pathological consequence of S. mansoni infection. Ultrasonography is a well-established tool for diagnosis and grading of schistosomiasis-related pathology.