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

• Главные авторы: Tatiana Küster (Автор), Corina Hermann (Автор), Andrew Hemphill (Автор), Bruno Gottstein (Автор), Markus Spiliotis (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...