Identification and culture of proliferative cells in abnormal Taenia solium larvae: Role in the development of racemose neurocysticercosis.

• Main Authors: Miguel A Orrego (Author), Manuela R Verastegui (Author), Carlos M Vasquez (Author), Uriel Koziol (Author), Juan P Laclette (Author), Hector H Garcia (Author), Theodore E Nash (Author), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Racemose neurocysticercosis is an aggressive disease caused by the aberrant expansion of the cyst form of Taenia solium within the subarachnoid spaces of the human brain and spinal cord resulting in a mass effect and chronic inflammation. Although expansion is likely caused by the proliferation and...