Studies of Liver of Mice in the Course of an Experimental Infection with Babesia microti. II: Histopathological Studies on Oxidative and Antioxidative Enzymes

Abstract

The activity and localization of the oxidative enzymes - succinate dehydrogenase, cytochrome c oxidase and antioxidative enzymes - catalase and peroxidase waws assessed using histochemical methods, in the liver of mice in the course of acute (7 dpi) and chronic (14 and 28 dpi) phase of infection with Babesia microti. The acquired results indicate that the balance of the processes catalyzed by the enzymes studied in the experimental babesiosis has been upset, which may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of this infection.