Zeinab R Hassan, Samar El-Sayed, Kareman M Zekry, Samah Gouda Ahmed, Asmaa Hassan Abd-Elhamid, Doaa E A Salama, Azza Kamal Taha, Nihal A Mahmoud, Shaymaa Fathy Mohammed, Mona M Amin, Rasha Elsayed Mohamed, Ayat M S Eraque, Shimaa A Mohamed, Ranya M Abdelgalil, Shimaa Attia Atta, Nermeen Talaat Fahmy, Mohamed S Badr
Trichinellosis is one of the global food-borne parasitic diseases that can cause severe tissue damage. The traditionally used drugs for the treatment of trichinellosis have limited efficacy against the encysted larvae in the muscular phase of the disease. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the role of atorvastatin and mesenchymal stem cells combined with ivermectin against different phases of Trichinella in experimentally infected mice. A total of 120 male Swiss albino mice were divided into two major groups (n = 60 of each), intestinal and muscular phases...
December 18, 2023: Parasitology Research