Trypanosoma cruzi in the opossum Didelphis marsupialis: A study of the correlations and kinetics of the systemic and scent gland infections in naturally and experimentally infected animals

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-44

  Jansen, Ana Maria ^a   Madeira, Fatima ^a   Carreira, João C ^a   Medina Acosta, Enrique ^b   Deane, Maria P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Didelphidae; Didelphis marsupialis; Indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT); Kinetoplastida; Liver infusion tryprose (LIT); Marsupialia; Mc Neal, Novy and Nicolle blood agar medium (NNN); Metacyclic trypomastigotes derived from opossum SG of an animal infected subcutaneously with LIT metacyclic trypomastigotes (SGMT 1); Metacyclic trypomastigotes derived from opossum SG of an animal infected with SGMT.1 (SGMT.2); Opossum; Phosphate buffered saline (PBS); Scent glands (SG); wild reservoir

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCENT GLAND; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; INSECTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METATHERIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA EQUIPERDUM;

EID: 0031148689     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4144     Document Type: Article

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