Albendazole increases the inflammatory response and the amount of Em2-positive small particles of Echinococcus multilocularis (spems) in human hepatic alveolar echinococcosis lesions.

• Main Authors: Franz J Ricken (Author), Juliane Nell (Author), Beate Grüner (Author), Julian Schmidberger (Author), Tanja Kaltenbach (Author), Wolfgang Kratzer (Author), Andreas Hillenbrand (Author), Doris Henne-Bruns (Author), Peter Deplazes (Author), Peter Moller (Author), Peter Kern (Author), Thomas F E Barth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is caused by the metacestode stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. The inflammatory response to this infection is influenced by the interaction of the parasite with the host. We aimed to analyze human liver lesions infected with Echinococcus multilocularis and the change...