Morphometry of submucous and myenteric esophagic plexus of dogs experimentally reinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi

Morphometry of submucous and myenteric esophagic plexus of dogs experimentally reinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi

We carried out a morphometric study of the esophagus of cross-bred dogs experimentally infected or consecutively reinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi 147 and SC-1 strains, in order to verify denervation and/or neuronal hypertrophy in the intramural plexus. The animals were sacrificed in the chronic sta...

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Main Authors: Machado Evandro MM, Camilo Júnior Deolino J, Pinheiro Simone W, Lopes Edison Reis, Fernandes Alexandre J, Dias João Carlos Pinto, Adad Sheila J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2001-01-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
dog
reinfection
esophagus
myenteric plexus
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000400017

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