Experimentally Induced Cerebral Cystic Echinococcosis in Rats: A Suitable Animal Model for Cerebral Echinococcosis

Background: Echinococcus granulosus is a worldwide zoonotic cestode that lives mainly in the intestine of dog as definitive host. Its larval stage infects intermediate hosts and forms hydatid cysts mainly in the liver and lungs tissues and less other organs such as brain, eye and bone. In the exper...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Hossein RADFAR, Soheila FOTOOHI, Shahrzad AZIZI, Reza KHEIRANDISH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
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Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/2842