Effect of drugs on Trypanosoma cruzi and on its interaction with heart muscle cell in vitro Efeito de drogas sobre o Trypanosoma cruzi e sua interação com células musculares cardíacas in vitro
Megazol, nifurtimox, benznidazol and allopurinol were investigated, by light and electron µscopy, for their action on T. cruzi. Both the direct effect upon amastigote and trypomastigote forms and the effect upon the interaction of heart muscle cells (HMC) with bloodstream trypomastigotes were studie...
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| Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
1987-06-01
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| Series: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761987000200009 |