Cornea as a tissue reservoir of Trypanosoma cruzi

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1395-1399

  Herrera, Leidi ^a   Martínez, Clara ^b   Carrasco, Hernán ^b   Jansen, Ana Maria ^c   Urdaneta Morales, Servio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; MICE; RODENTIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; CAVIOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; MUS; THRICHOMYS APEREOIDES; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33947367892     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0403-9     Document Type: Article

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