Mesocestoides corti intracranial infection as a murine model for neurocysticercosis

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-372

  Alvarez, Jorge I ^a   Mishra, Bibhuti B ^a   Gundra, Uma Mahesh ^a   Mishra, Pramod K ^b   Teale, Judy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood Brain Barrier; Immunomodulation; Mesocestoides corti; Neurocysticercosis; Neuroinflammation; Taenia solium; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

CESTODIASIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MESOCESTOIDEA; MESOCESTOIDES CORTI; MOUSE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MESOCESTOIDES; MICE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; TAENIA;

MESOCESTOIDES CORTI; MURINAE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 77949656188     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991971     Document Type: Review

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