Where do we stand on the autoimmunity hypothesis of Chagas disease?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 513-516

  Kierszenbaum, Felipe ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI VACCINE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONSENSUS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 26844542151     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.08.013     Document Type: Review

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