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
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://doaj.org/article/b2c2fedeaf3d4fb0b4ebe0748df77355
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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. Calitricideos da espécie C. jacchus geoffroyi (HumBol., 1812) vacinados uma úniva vez, subcutaneamente, com 10.000 parasitas/g de peso corporal, foram seguidos durante um pe-ríodo de seis meses. Usou-se como vacina a cepa PF de T. cruzi. O seguimento foi feito através de hemoculturas, xenodiagnósticos, testes serológicos e ECG. Um pequeno número de animais serviu como controle norma!.

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