Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi: Histopathology in mice infected with strains isolated from Didelphis marsupialis from the valley of Caracas (Venezuela)

Acta Cientifica Venezolana

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 244-247

  De Scorza, Cecilia ^a   Herrera, Leidi ^b   Urdaneta Morales, Servio ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Caracas; Didelphis marsupialis; Histopathology; Opossum; Trypanosoma cruzi; Urban isolates; Urogenital infection; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; OPOSSUM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; MICE; OPOSSUMS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030310113     PISSN: 00015504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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