Taenia larvae possess distinct acetylcholinesterase profiles with implications for host cholinergic signalling.

• Egile Nagusiak: Anja de Lange (Egilea), Ulrich Fabien Prodjinotho (Egilea), Hayley Tomes (Egilea), Jana Hagen (Egilea), Brittany-Amber Jacobs (Egilea), Katherine Smith (Egilea), William Horsnell (Egilea), Chummy Sikasunge (Egilea), Dorit Hockman (Egilea), Murray E Selkirk (Egilea), Clarissa Prazeres da Costa (Egilea), Joseph Valentino Raimondo (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Larvae of the cestodes Taenia solium and Taenia crassiceps infect the central nervous system of humans. Taenia solium larvae in the brain cause neurocysticercosis, the leading cause of adult-acquired epilepsy worldwide. Relatively little is understood about how cestode-derived products modulate host...