Article
Establishment of the complete life cycle of Spirometra (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) in the laboratory using a newly isolated triploid clone.
Parasitology international - 1 Apr 2017
Okino Tetsuya, Ushirogawa Hiroshi, Matoba Kumiko, Nishimatsu Shin-Ichiro, Saito Mineki
Abstract excerpt
Methods to maintain the life cycle of pathogenic organisms become powerful tools for studying molecular and cellular bases of infectious diseases. Spirometra erinaceieuropaei is a parasitic tapeworm that causes sparganosis in humans. Because S. erinaceieuropaei has a complex life cycle with different stages and host species requirements, there have been no reports to establish the complete life cycle in the...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
