Histopathological study in cardiac tissue of rodents infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, captured in suburbs of Mérida, México

• Published in: Biomédica
• Main Authors: Ucan-Euan, Fernando, Hernández-Betancourt, Silvia, Arjona-Torres, Madeleine, Panti-May, Alonso, Torres-Castro, Marco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2019
• Subjects: Trypanosoma cruzi; mice; rats; ratones; ratas; Barrios; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/4192

Introduction: Trypanosoma cruzi is the causal agent of the American trypanosomiasis, an endemic disease in México. The commensal rodents Mus musculus and Rattus rattus are reservoirs of this parasite, which invades cardiac fibers and develops parasite nests causing various lesions. Histopathological...