24 mice of each strain (BALB/cAnN and C57BL/6) were used for this analysis. Mice were distributed into two groups, infected and non-infected. Each mouse in the infected group was intraperitoneally inoculated with 20 2-3-mm, non-budding cysticerci. Six mice from each group were sacrificed in a CO2 chamber on days 5 or 30 post-infection, and peritoneum cells were recovered by washing with PBS.