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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Main Author: Humberto Menezes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1981-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821981000100006&lng=en&tlng=en