The pathogenesis of Chagas' disease: when autoimmune and parasite-specific immune responses meet
Chagas' disease is a major health problem in Latin America, where it constitutes one of the leading causes of heart failure. About one fourth of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected individuals develop chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (CChC), the most severe form of the disease. CChC is histologically cha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2001-12-01
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| Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652001000400008 |