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MicroRNA (miRNA), a short non-coding RNA, is widely and stably distributed in the plasma and serum. Numerous data demonstrates that, after parasitic infection, miRNAs become the key regulatory factor for controlling host biological processes. However, the roles of serum miRNAs in C. pisiformis-infected rabbits have not been elucidated. In this study, we compared miRNA expression profiles between the C. pisiformis-infected and healthy rabbit serum using RNA-seq. A total of 192 miRNAs were differentially expressed (fold change \u2265 2 and p &lt; 0.05), including 79 up- and 113 downregulated miRNAs. These data were verified by qRT-PCR (real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction) analysis. Additionally, GO analysis showed that the target genes of these dysregulated miRNAs were most enriched in cellular, single-organism and metabolic processes. KEGG pathway analysis showed that these miRNAs target genes were involved in PI3K-Akt, viral carcinogenesis and B cell receptor signaling pathways. Interestingly, after aligning clean reads to the T. pisiformis genome, four (miR-124-3p_3, miR-124-3p_4, miR-124a and novel-miR1) T. pisiformis-derived miRNAs were found. Of these, novel-miR1was upregulated in different periods after C. pisiformis infection, which was verified qRT-PCR, and pre- novel-miR-1 was amplified from the cysticerci by RT-PCR, implying novel-miR-1 was derived from C. pisiformis and has great potential for the diagnosis of Cysticercosis pisiformis infection. 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