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The effects of different doses of B.C.G. given at various periods before infection, on the development of tetrathyridia ofMesocestoides corti was studied. B.C.G. administration was found to exert a complex influence uponM. corti infection in mice. Either enhancement or inhibition of parasite proliferation may occur, depending upon dosage level and the time interval between B.C.G. administration and parasite challenge.
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Thompson, R.C.A., Penhale, W.J. The enhancement of tetrathyridial proliferation ofMesocestoides corti in mice by B.C.G.. Z. Parasitenkd. 56, 195–203 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00930750
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