A Comparative Study of Peripheral Immune Responses to Taenia solium in Individuals with Parenchymal and Subarachnoid Neurocysticercosis.

• Main Authors: Iskra Tuero (Author), Sandra Palma (Author), Franco Cabeza (Author), Sarah Saleemi (Author), Silvia Rodriguez (Author), Isidro Gonzales (Author), Holger Mayta (Author), Siddhartha Mahanty (Author), Hector H Garcia (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Cysticercosis Working Group in Perú (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The ability of Taenia solium to modulate the immune system likely contributes to their longevity in the human host. We tested the hypothesis that the nature of the immune response is related to the location of parasite and clinical manifestations of infection.<h4>...