Cysticercus fasciolaris (Taenia taeniaeformis Larval Stage) in Urban Rats with Illustration of Histopathological Changes in the Liver

• Main Authors: Hamid Hasanpour (Author), Faezeh Najafi (Author), Mohammad Javad Gharagozlou (Author), Sanaz Jafarpour Azami (Author), Arezoo Fadavi (Author), Niloofar Paknezhad (Author), Gholamreza Mowlavi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Cysticercus fasciolaris is the larval stage of the cestode Taenia taeniaeformis, whose definitive hosts are cats. Rodents and very rarely humans act as intermediate hosts. Here, we investigated the rate of infection among urban rats in the north of Khuzestan province, southwest of Iran...