title: Extraintestinal strobilar development of immature Echinococcus multilocularis in laboratory rodents following intratracheal inoculation of the protoscoleces.
abstract: Intratracheal inoculation of Echinococcus multilocularis protoscoleces was performed in prednisolone tertiary-butylacetate(PTBA)-treated and untreated golden hamsters and AKR/J mice. Repeated PTBA treatments prior to the day of inoculation prevented the influx of neutrophils against the cestode. More than 1 month after infection, living immature adult forms of E. multilocularis, showing some somatic prolongation, were recovered from the pulmonary alveolar space of PTBA-treated golden hamsters, in the absence of any cystic development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamiya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus