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The present study evaluated whether the combination of alkaloids from <jats:italic>Sophora moorcroftiana<\/jats:italic> seeds (SMSa2) and Bacillus Calmette\u2013Gu\u00e9rin (BCG) was effective in the treatment of experimental echinococcosis. After 20 weeks of secondary infection with protoscoleces, mice were randomly allocated to five groups and treated for 6 weeks by daily intragastric administration of albendazole (ABZ, 100 mg\/kg), SMSa2 (100 mg\/kg), BCG (abdominal subcutaneous injection at 5 \u00d7 10<jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup> CFU), SMSa2 + BCG (100 mg\/kg SMSa2 and 5 \u00d7 10<jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup> CFU BCG) or normal saline (untreated group), respectively. The results indicated a significant reduction in the weight of hydatid cysts in the SMSa2 + BCG group compared with the untreated, SMSa2 and BCG groups. The rate of inhibition of hydatid cyst growth in the SMSa2 + BCG group (76.1%) was obviously increased compared with that in the SMSa2 (25.7%) and BCG (26.6%) groups, respectively. Compared with the untreated control, the SMSa2 + BCG group showed a non-significant increase in serum interleukin-4 (IL-4). Furthermore, the serum levels of interferon-\u03b3 (IFN-\u03b3) between the untreated and SMSa2 + BCG groups were not statistically different. 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