The Resistance of Chagasic Wistar Rat Offspring to Reinfections by Trypanosoma cruzi

• Main Authors: Nora Mogollón, Elio Moreno, Maritza Alarcón, Ana Lugo de Yarbuh, Martha Ramírez, Rafael Borges
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2012
• Subjects: resistencia; reinfección; Trypanosoma cruzi; rata Wistar; infección crónica; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Rata
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/4c87a0a08a4c4cafa3af86d1c6c227dc

The resistance to reinfection by Trypanosome cruzi in chagasic rat offspring was evaluated. Thirty male offspring () from infected mothers and 30 offspring from healthy mothers were used, divided into groups of 10 offspring each (I, II, III) and (IV, V, VI). The groups (I, IV) and (II, V) were inocu...