Trypanossoma cruzi: course of infection in platelets-depleted mice Trypanosoma cruzi: curso da infecção em camundongos depletados de plaquetas

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Margareth Fernandes, Ione Irulegui, Maria P. Deane, Rita de Cassia Ruiz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1992
• Subjects: Trypanosoma cruzi; platelets depletion; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651992000100002; https://doaj.org/article/9ad760a5444744fe9c49abafb5c16dca

The effect of platelet depletion on the course of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in BALB/c mice was investigated. Thrombocytopenia was achieved by inoculation of rabbit anti-platelet IgG during the parasitemic phase of the infection. The number of parasites in the blood of anti-platelet IgG treated was...