EXPERIMENTAL SUBCUTANEOUS CYSTICERCOSIS BY Taenia crassiceps IN BALB/c AND C57BL/6 MICE

SUMMARY Human cysticercosis is one of the most severe parasitic infections affecting tissues. Experimental models are needed to understand the host-parasite dynamics involved throughout the course of the infection. The subcutaneous experimental model is the closest to what is observed in human cysti...

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Main Authors: Íria Márcia PEREIRA, Sarah Buzaim LIMA, Aline de Araújo FREITAS, Marina Clare VINAUD, Ruy de Souza LINO JUNIOR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652016005000242&lng=en&tlng=en