Trypanosoma cruzi: Effects of social stress in Calomys callosus a natural reservoir of infection

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-201

  Santos, Carla Domingues ^a   Toldo, Míriam Paula Alonso ^a   Levy, Antônio Marcos Aparecida ^b   Prado, José Clóvis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calomys callosus; Parasitemia; Social stress; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CALOMYS; CALOMYS CALLOSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; PARASITEMIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RODENT DISEASES; SIGMODONTINAE; STRESS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; CALOMYS CALLOSUS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 43049151719     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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