Histopathological study of experimental and natural infections by Trypanosoma cruzi in Didelphis marsupialis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 609-618

  Carreira, João Carlos Araujo ^a   Jansen, Ana Maria ^a   Deane, Maria P ^a   Lenzi, Henrique Leonel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Didelphis marsupialis; Histopathology; Opossum; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OPOSSUM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TIME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; OPOSSUMS; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0030225272     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761996000500012     Document Type: Article

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