Infection of Calomys callosus (Rodentia Cricetidae) with strains of different Trypanosoma cruzi biodemes: pathogenicity, histotropism, and fibrosis induction

The influence of different Trypanosoma cruzi biodemes on the evolution of the infection and on the histopathological lesions of the heart and skeletal muscles, during the experimental infection of Calomys callosus, was investigated. Three groups of C. callosus were infected, respectively, with paras...

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Main Authors: Isis Fernandes Magalhães-Santos, Márcia Maria Souza, Carolina Silva Costa Lima, Sonia G Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2004-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000400011