Inflammation Caused by Praziquantel Treatment Depends on the Location of the Taenia solium Cysticercus in Porcine Neurocysticercosis.

• Main Authors: Carla Cangalaya (Author), Mirko Zimic (Author), Miguel Marzal (Author), Armando E González (Author), Cristina Guerra-Giraldez (Author), Siddhartha Mahanty (Author), Theodore E Nash (Author), Hector H García (Author), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Neurocysticercosis (NCC), infection of the central nervous system by Taenia solium cysticerci, is a pleomorphic disease. Inflammation around cysticerci is the major cause of disease but is variably present. One factor modulating the inflammatory responses may be the lo...