Influence of dietary protein content on Trypanosoma cruzi infection in germfree and conventional mice

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 355-362

  Cintra, Isa P ^a   Silva, Marcelo E ^a   Silva, Marcílio E C ^c   Silva, Márcio E ^c   Afonso, L C C ^a   Nicoli, Jacques R ^b   Bambirra, Eduardo A ^b   Vieira, Enio C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c ICB UFMG ^*

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis; Gnotobiotic mice: Protein nutriture; Nutrition infection; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GERMFREE ANIMAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIETARY PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GERM-FREE LIFE; HEMOGLOBINS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; SERUM ALBUMIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032198145     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651998000600004     Document Type: Article

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