"Mesocestoides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of tapeworm, containing several species, found as adults in birds and mammals. The larvae or cysticercoid stage develop in invertebrates. Human infection has been reported and is probably acquired from eating inadequately cooked meat of animals infected with the second larval stage known as the tetrahythridium.
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D008645
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.736.215.520
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mesocestoides" by people in Profiles.
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O'Connell AE, Kerepesi LA, Vandergrift GL, Herbert DR, VAN Winkle TJ, Hooper DC, Pearce EJ, Abraham D. IL-4(-/-) mice with lethal Mesocestoides corti infections--reduced Th2 cytokines and alternatively activated macrophages. Parasite Immunol. 2009 Dec; 31(12):741-9.