Trypanosoma cruzi: avirulence of the PF strain to Callithrix marmosets

Callithrix jacchus geoffroy marmosets (HumBol. 1812) were injected once subcutaneously with 10.000 parasites/g body weight and followed for a period of six months. The PF strain of Trypanosoma cruzi was used. Follow-up was done through blood cultures, xenodiagnosis, serological tests, and ECG. A sma...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Author: Humberto Menezes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1981
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821981000100006
https://doaj.org/article/056bf7107daa44fd9d95860c1f1de84f
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Summary:Callithrix jacchus geoffroy marmosets (HumBol. 1812) were injected once subcutaneously with 10.000 parasites/g body weight and followed for a period of six months. The PF strain of Trypanosoma cruzi was used. Follow-up was done through blood cultures, xenodiagnosis, serological tests, and ECG. A small number of normaI animais served as control.

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