Trypanosoma cruzi in marsupial didelphids (Philander frenata and Didelhis marsupialis): Differences in the humoral immune response in natural and experimental infections

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-248

  Legey, Ana Paula ^a   Pinhol, Ana Paula ^a   Xavier, Samanta C C ^a   Marchevsky, Renato ^a   Carreira, João Carlos ^a   Leon, Leonor L ^a   Jansen, Ana Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Humoral response; Marsupial didelphid; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PHILANDER FRENATA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; METATHERIA; PHILANDER; PHILANDER FRENATA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037524195     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822003000200008     Document Type: Article

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