Research Article

Comparative Study on the Effects of Chloroquine and Artesunate on Histopathological Damages Caused by Plasmodium berghei in Four Vital Organs of Infected Albino Mice

Table 2

Histopathological effects on the kidney.

Pathological effectsTreatmentControl
CQARTINT

Tubular nephrosis++++++++
Perivascular interstitial mononuclear cell infiltration++++

CQ: chloroquine, ART: artesunate, INT: infected but not treated. Not present (−), very mild (+), mild (++), moderate (+++), and severe (++++).