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. 2015 Aug;185(8):2259–2268. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.04.015

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.