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The influence of host hormones and cytokines onEchinococcus multilocularissignalling and development
1 Sept 2008
Abstract excerpt
Parasitic helminths display highly complex life-cycles in which the establishment of adults or larvae within host target organs as well as the transition of one developmental stage to the following is influenced by host-derived factors. Due to its approachability concerning in vitro cultivation, the larval stage of the fox-tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis has recently emerged as a model system to study the...
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