Subcutaneous infection model facilitates treatment assessment of secondary Alveolar echinococcosis in mice.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Tatiana Küster (लेखक), Corina Hermann (लेखक), Andrew Hemphill (लेखक), Bruno Gottstein (लेखक), Markus Spiliotis (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in humans is a parasitic disease characterized by severe damage to the liver and occasionally other organs. AE is caused by infection with the metacestode (larval) stage of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, usually infecting small rodents as natural intermedi...