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

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LS of control liver and treated liver under high magnification (40x). (a) Control (infected without treatment) liver: showing severe hepatic necrosis with kupffer cells hyperplasia and haemosiderosis; (b) treated (artesunate) liver: showing mild hepatic necrosis and traces of periportal mononuclear cells infiltration; (c) treated (chloroquine) liver: showing mild haemosiderosis, kupffer cell hyperplasia, and hepatic necrosis, with traces of periportal mononuclear cells infiltration; (d) control (uninfected normal) liver.
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