Curative effect of radiotherapy at various doses on subcutaneous alveolar echinococcosis in rats.

Background: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a disease in human and animals, and the cure rate is unsatisfactory. This study aimed to investigate the curative efficacy of different doses of locally applied radiotherapy on alveolar echinococcosis in rats.

Methods: Rats infected with Echinococcus multilocularis were randomly divided into 4 groups of 15 rats each: low-, middle-, and high-irradiation groups and a control group.

[Effect of 6 MeV radiotherapy on secondary Echinococcus multilocularis infection in rats].

Objective: To explore the effect of 6-MeV X-ray radiotherapy on secondary Echinococcus multilocularis infection in rats.

Methods: Female SD rats were used to develop a secondary infection model, and then randomly divided into experimental group and control group (5/group). Rats in experimental group received two irradiations at 7-day intervals with the same dose (20 Gy) which applied with 6-MeV ray.