Research Article
The Hamster Model for Identification of Specific Antigens of Taenia solium Tapeworms
Table 1
Percentages and recovery of Taenia solium tapeworm in immunosuppressed hamsters.
| Cysticerci lot | Hamsters used/infected | Infection (%) | Tapeworms recovered (size) | Recovery (%) |
| 1 | 13/9 | 69.23 | 37 (10–30 cm) | 36 | 2 | 7/3 | 42.85 | 10 (20–30 cm) | 18 | 3 | 10/9 | 90 | 37 (10–30 cm) | 46 | 4 | 18/15 | 83.33 | 52 (15–40 cm) | 36 |
| Total | 48/36 | 74.35 | 134 | 34 |
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