Table 2.
Number of Cisticerci Developed in the Rat Brain Using Intraparenchymal or Extraparenchymal Route of Infection
| No. of cysts in the rat brain∗ | Intraparenchymal route of infection |
Extraparenchymal route of infection |
|---|---|---|
| No. of rats/total No. of infected rats (%) | No. of rats/total No. of infected rats (%) | |
| 1 | 22/27 (81.5) | 17/22 (78.3) |
| 2 | 3/27 (11.1) | 3/22 (13) |
| 3 | 1/27 (3.7) | 1/22 (4.4) |
| 4 | 1/27 (3.7) | 1/22 (4.4) |
Rats that had two or more cysts; the cysts were intraparenchymal, extraparenquimal (ventricle or submeningeal), or both.