Organ tropism during the acute and chronic phases of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in BALB/c mice

The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of Trypanosoma cruzi in the heart, liver, lung, and kidneys, using hemoculture and PCR analysis, of mice infected with different parasite strains during the acute and chronic phases of infection. Parasitemia curves revealed strain-specific...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Main Authors: LRC Oliveira, MCM Picka, VC Nicolete, SA Calvi, J Marcondes-Machado
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SciELO 2012
Subjects:
Trypanosoma cruzi
PCR
hemoculture
organs
distribution
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Toxicology. Poisons
RA1190-1270
Zoology
QL1-991
Arctic
The ''Y''
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992012000100005
https://doaj.org/article/b37513f0285941c6b8692feabc831e4c

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