ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: URINARY BILHARZIASIS REPRESENT A MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEM IN EGYPT. IT IS CHARACTRARIZED BY THE FORMATION OF LOCALIZED COLLECTION OF IMMUNE CELLS I.E. GRANULOMAS. IN THIS INVESTIGATION, WE HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE EVOLUTION OF THE BILHARZIAL GRANULOMA IS ASSOCIATED WITH RECRUITMENT OF IMMUNE CELLS OF DIVERSE CELL LINEAGE. TO EXPLORE THIS HYPOTHESIS AND TO FILL THIS EXISTING GAP IN THE ... Read more