Trypanosoma cruzi: Productive infection is not allowed by chorionic villous explant from normal human placenta in vitro

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 176-181

  Luján, C Díaz ^a   Triquell, M F ^a,b   Sembaj, A ^c   Guerrero, C E ^a   Fretes, R E ^a,b  

^a Fac Cie Quimicas Univ Nac C   (Argentina)

^b Argentina   (Spain)

^c IICSHUM   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Chorionic villi; Congenital transmission; Kinetoplastid protozoan; Placenta; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHORIONIC VILLI; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERO CELLS;

KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 9944264533     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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