Title
Experimental infection model for Taenia solium cysticercosis in swine
Date Issued
20 December 2000
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Johns Hopkins University
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Abstract
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. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.
Start page
33
End page
44
Volume
94
Issue
February 1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0034695219
PubMed ID
Source
Veterinary Parasitology
ISSN of the container
03044017
Sponsor(s)
This paper was funded in part by the NIH grant AI 35894, an ITREID and ABC NIH — Fogarty center grant and the anonymous RG-ER fund. We appreciate the comments of Drs. C. Sterling, and J.J. Strauss and the technical support of J.B. Phu , D. Sara, and G. Sari-Cece.
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