Taenia solium: Development of an Experimental Model of Porcine Neurocysticercosis.

• Main Authors: Agnès Fleury (Author), Armando Trejo (Author), Humberto Cisneros (Author), Roberto García-Navarrete (Author), Nelly Villalobos (Author), Marisela Hernández (Author), Juana Villeda Hernández (Author), Beatriz Hernández (Author), Gabriela Rosas (Author), Raul J Bobes (Author), Aline S de Aluja (Author), Edda Sciutto (Author), Gladis Fragoso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Human neurocysticercosis (NC) is caused by the establishment of Taenia solium larvae in the central nervous system. NC is a severe disease still affecting the population in developing countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. While great improvements have been made on NC diagnosis, treatment, an...