New Treatment Investigated for Brain Tapeworm Infection (IMAGE)

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New Treatment Investigated for Brain Tapeworm Infection

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Pig brain naturally infected with Taenia solium five days after praziquantel treatment and infused Evans blue prior to necropsy. The black arrows point to blue cysts with increased vascular permeability in surrounding tissues; a clear cyst with unaltered vascular permeability in surrounding tissues is indicated with a white arrow.

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Dr. Cristina Guerra-Giraldez, 2015

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