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Experimental infection model for Taenia solium cysticercosis in swine

dc.contributor.authorManuela Verástegui
dc.contributor.authorArmando E. González
dc.contributor.authorRobert H. Gilman
dc.contributor.authorCésar M. Gavidia
dc.contributor.authorNéstor Falcón
dc.contributor.authorTeresa Bernal
dc.contributor.authorHéctor H. Garcı́a
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-14T21:43:28Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractAbstract A novel method for infecting pigs with Taenia solium using an intramuscular innoculum of oncospheres was investigated in a series of five experiments in 18 animals. The model is simple to perform, requires a minimal number of oncospheres, permits multiple infections per animal, and decreases the variation inherent in oral infection models. This intramuscular oncosphere assay (IMOA) may provide a valuable tool to evaluate therapeutic agents or potential vaccines for cysticercosis. Keywords Cysticercosis; Taenia solium; Oncosphere; Experimental infection Abbreviations IMOA, intramuscular oncosphere assayen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institutes of Health|Fogarty International Centeres_PE
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00369-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/19793
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartofurn:issn:0304-4017
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVeterinary Parasitology
dc.relation.issn0304-4017
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectParasitic infections in humansen_US
dc.subjectanimalsen_US
dc.titleExperimental infection model for Taenia solium cysticercosis in swineen_US
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.type.localArtículo de revista
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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