The hamster (mesocricetus auratus) as experimental model in chagas' disease: parasitological and histopathological studies in acute and chronic phases of Trypanosoma cruzi infection O hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) como modelo experimental na doença de Chagas: estudos histopatológico e parasitológico das fases aguda e crônica da infecção por Trypanosoma cruzi

• Main Authors: Luis Eduardo Ramirez, Eliane Lages-Silva, José Maria Soares Junior, Edmundo Chapadeiro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1994
• Subjects: Doença de Chagas; Modelo experimental; Hamster; Chagas ' disease; Experimental model; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/97c353d96f5c487987196341ba4783c0

This research characterizes the acute and chronic phases of Chagas ' disease in hamster through parasitological and histopathological studies. The acute phase was achieved with 44 young hamsters injected intraperitoneally with 100.000 blood trypomastigotes of Benedito and Y strains of T. cruzi....