In Vitro Study of Taenia solium Postoncospheral Form.

• Main Authors: Nancy Chile (Author), Taryn Clark (Author), Yanina Arana (Author), Ynes R Ortega (Author), Sandra Palma (Author), Alan Mejia (Author), Noelia Angulo (Author), Jon C Kosek (Author), Margaret Kosek (Author), Luis A Gomez-Puerta (Author), Hector H Garcia (Author), Cesar M Gavidia (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Manuela Verastegui (Author), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:The transitional period between the oncosphere and the cysticercus of Taenia solium is the postoncospheral (PO) form, which has not yet been completely characterized. The aim of this work was to standardize a method to obtain T. solium PO forms by in vitro cultivation. We studied the morp...