title: Effect of Schistosoma japonicum infection on serum testosterone levels in mice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effect of Schistosoma japonicum infection on the testoterone level in the sera from male C57BL/6 mice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Radioimmunoassay was used to examine testosterone levels in sera of 9 male mice experimentally infected with Schistosoma japonicum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The serum testosterone levels reduced significantly in all experimentally infected animals 45 days after infection, as compared with the uninfected controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Infection with Schistosoma japonicum decreases testosterone levels in the mouse host.
authors.affiliation: Hunan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Yueyang 414000.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000097:blood*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone