Toledo Rafael, Fried Bernard
Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Avenida Vicente Andrés Estellés, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
Trends Parasitol. 2005 Jun;21(6):251-4. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.04.006.
Echinostomes are intestinal trematodes that, for years, have served as experimental models in different areas of parasitology. However, the usefulness of these trematodes in experimental parasitology has been underappreciated. In this article, we examine the characteristics that make echinostomes useful models for analysis of the interactions between adult parasites and vertebrate hosts, particularly in relation to the host-related factors that determine the establishment of the parasites.
棘口吸虫是肠道吸虫，多年来一直作为寄生虫学不同领域的实验模型。然而，这些吸虫在实验寄生虫学中的作用一直未得到充分重视。在本文中，我们研究了使棘口吸虫成为分析成年寄生虫与脊椎动物宿主之间相互作用的有用模型的特征，特别是与决定寄生虫定殖的宿主相关因素有关的特征。
