The significance of autoimmunity in the pathogenesis of chagas heart disease

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Leon, Juan S ^a   Engman, David M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Chagas Disease; Heart; Infection; Myocarditis; Parasite; Review; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; INSECT CONTROL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 3142697830     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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