In vitro model of postoncosphere development, and in vivo infection abilities of Taenia solium and Taenia saginata.

• Main Authors: Sandra Palma (Author), Nancy Chile (Author), Rogger P Carmen-Orozco (Author), Grace Trompeter (Author), Kayla Fishbeck (Author), Virginia Cooper (Author), Laura Rapoport (Author), Edson G Bernal-Teran (Author), Beth J Condori (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Manuela R Verastegui (Author), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Taenia solium is known to cause human cysticercosis while T. saginata does not. Comparative in vitro and in vivo studies on the oncosphere and the postoncospheral (PO) forms of T. solium and T. saginata may help to elucidate why cysticercosis can occur from one and not the other. The aim of this stu...