Relationship between long-term resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi and latent infection, examined by antibody production and polymerase chain reaction in mice

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1107-1112

  Basombrío, Miguel Angel ^a   Segura, María Asunción ^a   Nasser, Julio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE;

PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIMASTIGOTE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036941463     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285479     Document Type: Article

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