title: Taenia crassiceps: in vivo and in vitro models.
abstract: Taenia crassiceps is a cestode parasite of wild and domestic animals that rarely affects humans; it has been widely used as an experimental model. The asexual proliferation by budding is a useful attribute of T. crassiceps cysticerci, which allows the various strains to be maintained indefinitely in the peritoneal cavity of inbred mice. Over the last 50 years, experimental results using larval and adult stages of T. crassiceps have yielded much information on the morphology, infectivity, proliferation dynamics, host immune response, endocrinological responses and vaccine research, all of which have contributed to our knowledge of cestode biology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, México. kaethe@servidor.unam.mx
authors.forename: Kaethe
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Willms
authors.forename: Rimma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zurabian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology*; D051379:Mice; D013256:Steroids / Q000378:metabolism; D013621:Taenia / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids; D014612:Vaccines