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Parasite-induced modifications of the host include pathogenesis, symbiosis, and immunity. First, however, I will discuss effects on the host that do not fit in any of these three categories. A good example of such an effect is provided by the sparganum growth factor (see also Chapter 8). J. F. Mueller noted in 1963 that mice used to propagate the larval stage of the tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides (Diagram XIV) became exceptionally large (Fig. 12.1). It soon became apparent that this was not a matter of simple obesity, but rather involved true skeletal and muscular growth.
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Trager, W. (1986). Parasite-Induced Modifications of the Host. In: Living Together. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9465-9_12
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