Accurate diagnosis of lesions suspected of being caused by Taenia solium in body organs of pigs with naturally acquired porcine cysticercosis.

• Main Authors: Charles G Gauci (Author), Chrisostom Ayebazibwe (Author), Zachary Nsadha (Author), Chris Rutebarika (Author), Ishab Poudel (Author), Keshav Sah (Author), Dinesh Kumar Singh (Author), Andrew Stent (Author), Angela Colston (Author), Meritxell Donadeu (Author), Marshall W Lightowlers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The definitive method for diagnosis of porcine cysticercosis is the detection of cysticerci at necropsy. Cysts are typically located in the striated muscle and brain. Until recently Taenia solium cysticerci have not been definitively identified in other tissue locations, despite several comprehensiv...