Cystic echinococcosis: Development of an intermediate host rabbit model for using in vaccination studies.

In conclusion, the domestic rabbits could be used as a laboratory model for CE. Developing of the germinal layer antigen is more immunogenic than the protoscoleces one and could be used as a promising vaccine. Attention should be directed towards the existing rabbit in the environment adjacent to infected dogs as it could be a part of Echinococcus life cycle. PMID: 31726054 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Experimental Parasitology - Category: Parasitology Authors: Tags: Exp Parasitol Source Type: research