Experimental chagas' disease in rhesus monkeys. I. Clinical parasitological, hematological and anatomo-pathological studies in the acute and indeterminate phase of the disease

Rhesus monkeys (macaca mulatta) were infected subcutaneously with 1.0 x 10**4 to 1.5 x 10**4 metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi (Colombian strain). Parasitological and immunological parameters were evaluated in these animals for periods of 1 month to over 3 years. a chagona was observed...

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Main Authors: Maria da Glória Bonecine-Almeida, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Heleosina Ribeiro Pessoa, Claude Piramez, Francisco Laranja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1990-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761990000200004