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In vitro culture of Echinococcus multilocularis producing protoscoleces and mouse infection with the cultured vesicles

BACKGROUND: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a lethal zoonosis caused by the fox-tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. The disease is difficult to treat and an effective therapeutic drug is urgently needed. Reliable models are essential for drug development. In this study, we developed both in vitro...

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Autores principales: Wang, Hui, Li, Jun, Guo, Baoping, Zhao, Li, Zhang, Zhuangzhi, McManus, Donald P., Wen, Hao, Zhang, Wenbao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27457380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1687-y