Fatal acute Chagas disease in a chimpanzee

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-251

  Bommineni, Yugendar R ^a   Dick Jr , Edward J ^a   Estep, J Scot ^b   Van de Berg, John L ^a   Hubbard, Gene B ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ape; Fatal case; Non human primate; Protozoa; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHIMPANZEE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EDEMA; FATALITY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PAN; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 67650446127     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2009.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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