Establishment of a secondary infection laboratory model of Echinococcus shiquicus metacestode using BALB/c mice and Mongolian jirds (Meriones unguiculatus)

Echinococcus shiquicus is peculiar to the Qinghai–Tibet plateau of China. Research on this parasite has mainly focused on epidemiological surveys and life cycle studies. So far, limited laboratory studies have been reported. Here, experimental infection of E. shiquicus metacestode in BALB/c mice and...

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Main Authors: Yantao Wu, Li Li, Fuling Xu, Hongbin Yan, John Asekhaen Ohiolei, Nigus Abebe Shumuye, Xiaofeng Nian, Wenhui Li, Nianzhang Zhang, Baoquan Fu, Wanzhong Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-08-01
Series:Parasitology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0031182023000604/type/journal_article