Chagas' disease: IgA, IgM and IgG antibodies to T. cruzi amastigote, trypomastigote and epimastigote antigens in acute and in different chronic forms of the disease Doença de Chagas: anticorpos IgG, IgM e IgA contra antígenos de amastigota, tripomastigota e epimastigota de T. cruzi em formas agudas e em diferentes formas crônicas da doença

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Kátia S. C. Primavera, Eufrosina S. Umezawa, Benedito Anselmo Peres, Mário E. Camargo, Sumie Hoshino-Shimuzu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1990
• Subjects: T. cruzi infections; IgG; IgM and IgA antibodies; Amastigote; Trypomastigote and Epimastigote; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651990000300005; https://doaj.org/article/e61a84401cb846be8a58cd00c569b7bf

In an attempt to find a better T. cruzi antigen and possible immunological markers for the diagnosis of different clinical forms of Chagas' disease, amastigote and trypomastigote antigens obtained from immunosuppressed mice infected with T. cruzi (Y strain) were assessed in comparison with conv...