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

• Main Authors: Tatiana Küster (Author), Corina Hermann (Author), Andrew Hemphill (Author), Bruno Gottstein (Author), Markus Spiliotis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...