Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi in Tissue and Trypanosoma cruzi Killing Assay

Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease. The methods provided here allow for the quantification of T. cruzi in the liver, heart, and blood of intraperitoneally-infected mice and analysis of the killing activity of the cells infected with T. cruzi in vitro.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hisako Kayama, Shoko Kitada, Kiyoshi Takeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bio-protocol LLC 2017-11-01
Series:Bio-Protocol
Online Access:https://bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?id=2613&type=0