Echinococcus granulosus Infection Results in an Increase in Eisenbergiella and Parabacteroides Genera in the Gut of Mice

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a chronic infectious disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. To confirm whether the infection impacts on the gut microbiota, we established a mouse model of E. granulosus infection in this study whereby BALB/c mice were infected with micro-cysts of E. granulosus. Aft...

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Main Authors: Jianling Bao, Huajun Zheng, Yuezhu Wang, Xueting Zheng, Li He, Wenjing Qi, Tian Wang, Baoping Guo, Gang Guo, Zhaoxia Zhang, Wenbao Zhang, Jun Li, Donald P. McManus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02890/full