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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Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2020-03-01
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Series: | Iranian Journal of Parasitology |
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Online Access: | https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/2842 |