Amastigotes of Trypanosoma Cruzi sustain an infective cycle in mammalian cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 649-659

  Ley, Victoria ^a   Andrews, Norma W ^a   Robbins, Edith S ^a   Nussenzweig, Victor ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

AMASTIGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMAN; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MONOCYTES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0023713907     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.168.2.649     Document Type: Article

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