Post-treatment vascular leakage and inflammatory responses around brain cysts in porcine neurocysticercosis.

Post-treatment vascular leakage and inflammatory responses around brain cysts in porcine neurocysticercosis.

Cysticidal treatment of neurocysticercosis, an infection of humans and pig brains with Taenia solium, results in an early inflammatory response directed to cysts causing seizures and focal neurological manifestations. Treatment-induced pericystic inflammation and its association with blood brain bar...

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Main Authors: Siddhartha Mahanty, Miguel Angel Orrego, Holger Mayta, Miguel Marzal, Carla Cangalaya, Adriana Paredes, Eloy Gonzales-Gustavson, Gianfranco Arroyo, Armando E Gonzalez, Cristina Guerra-Giraldez, Hector H García, Theodore E Nash, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-03-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003577

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