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Cysticercus
The larval form of any of the Taenia tapeworms. The plural is cysticerci. Infection with cysticerci is referred to as cysticercosis
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- HAV Hepatitis A virus
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- IL-10 Interleukin-10
- Myco- Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus