"Cysticercosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infection with CYSTICERCUS, the larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man). In humans they penetrate the intestinal wall and invade subcutaneous tissue, brain, eye, muscle, heart, liver, lung, and peritoneum. Brain involvement results in NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS.
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D003551
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.190.902.185
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cysticercosis" by people in Profiles.
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Khalifa RM, Teale JM, Mohamadain HS. Studies on some metacestodes immunohistochemical response in mice as a model for human cysticercosis: II-THI type immune response in experimental Braintaenia crassiceps infected mice. J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2012 Apr; 42(1):183-90.
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Obreg?n-Henao A, Londo?o DP, G?mez DI, Trujillo J, Teale JM, Restrepo BI. In situ detection of antigenic glycoproteins in Taenia solium metacestodes. J Parasitol. 2003 Aug; 89(4):726-32.
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Restrepo BI, Llaguno P, Sandoval MA, Enciso JA, Teale JM. Analysis of immune lesions in neurocysticercosis patients: central nervous system response to helminth appears Th1-like instead of Th2. J Neuroimmunol. 1998 Aug 14; 89(1-2):64-72.