Induction of hepatosplenic disease by single pairs of the Philippine, Formosan, Japanese, and Chinese strains of Schistosoma japonicum.

Animals Blood Pressure Body Weight China Esophageal and Gastric Varices/complications Female Hematocrit Japan Liver/pathology Liver Diseases/etiology Male Mice Organ Size Parasite Egg Count Philippines Portal Vein Schistosoma/pathogenicity Schistosomiasis/etiology Spleen Splenic Diseases/etiology Taiwan Time Factors Virulence