Evaluation of the rabbit as a model for chagas' disease: I. Parasitological studies Avaliação do coelho como modelo para a doença de Chagas: I. Estudos parasitológicos

In order to investigate the value of the rabbit as an experimental model for Chagas' disease, 72 animals have been inoculated by intraperitoneal and conjunctival route with bloodstream forms, vector-derived metacyclic trypomastigotes and tissue culture trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi strai...

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Main Authors: Luiz Eduardo Ramirez, Zigman Brener
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1987-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761987000400010