Peripheral Taenia infection increases immunoglobulins in the central nervous system.
Sylvia Carina Van Belle, Anja de Lange, Hayley Tomes, Rodney Lucas, Vinogran Naidoo, Joseph V. Raimondo
The paper investigates the effects of peripheral Taenia crassiceps infection on the central nervous system in mice, finding increased immunoglobulins and blood-brain barrier permeability without proinflammatory cytokine changes.
International Journal for Parasitology · Mar 20, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience