Trypanosoma cruzi: Parasitaemia produced in mice does not seem to be related to in vitro parasite-cell interaction

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 593-597

  Keiko Toma, Helena ^a,b   Penna Cerávolo, Isabela ^d   Guerra, Henrique L ^d   Steindel, Mário ^c   Romanha, Alvaro José ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Fed Univ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Interaction; L929 cells; Macrophage; Trypanosoma cruzi; Vero cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN L 929; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERO CELLS;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0034655632     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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