SLC2A1 and cholesteryl ester measurement: In our study, we tested whether we could affect E. granulosus s.l. glucose uptake by targeting EgGLUT1 at the metacestode stage of E. granulosus s.l. We thus cloned a conserved GLUT1 homology gene from E. granulosus sensu stricto (s.s.), the species most widely responsible for CE cases worldwide, and inhibited EgGLUT1-ss by WZB117 to study its possible impact on the survival of the metacestode in vitro and in an experimental animal model.