Role of placental barrier integrity in infection by Trypanosoma cruzi

Acta Tropica

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 360-368

  Diaz Lujan C ^a,c   Triquell, M F ^a   Castillo, C ^d   Hardisson, D ^e   Kemmerling, U ^d   Fretes, R E ^a,b,c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de La Rioja   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Villa Maria   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital Chagas disease; Human placenta; Placental barrier; Syncytiotrophoblast; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYTOKERATIN 7; NITRIC OXIDE; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

CELL ORGANELLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PLACENTA TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; COCULTURE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TRANSMISSION;

LATIN AMERICA;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHORIONIC VILLI; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KERATIN-7; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84990829344     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.09.021     Document Type: Article

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