Infection of Calomys callosus (Rodentia Cricetidae) with strains of different Trypanosoma cruzi biodemes: Pathogenicity, histotropism, and fibrosis induction

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-413

  Magalhães Santos, Isis Fernandes ^a   Souza, Márcia Maria ^a   Costa Lima, Carolina Silva ^a   Andrade, Sonia G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodemes; Calomys callosus; Histopathology; Inflammation; Morphometry fibrosis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; CALOMYS; CALOMYS CALLOSUS; CRICETINAE; RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 3242669154     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000400011     Document Type: Article

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