Trypanosoma cruzi: Effects of repetitive stress during the development of experimental infection

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-101

  Santos, Carla D ^a   Caldeira, Jerri C ^b   Toldo, Míriam P A ^a   Prado, José C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Histopathology; Parasitemia; Rats; Stress; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ETHER;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHAGAS DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PARASITEMIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECURRENCE; STRESS;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 18844376314     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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