Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Offspring Born to Chagasic C3H/He Mice

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-216

  De Araújo, Silvana Marques ^a   Chiari, Egler ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decreased resistance; Maternal influence; Maternal fetal relationship; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030091670     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761996000200017     Document Type: Article

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