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Chronic murine Chagas' disease: the impact of host and parasite genotypes.
Immunology letters - 3 Apr 2003
Andersson John, Orn Anders, Sunnemark Dan
Abstract excerpt
Chagas' disease is a protozoan infection caused by the flagellate Trypanosoma cruzi. Herein we utilise experimental infections of different mouse and parasite strains to investigate the relative importance of the host and parasite genotype, respectively, in causing Chagas' disease in mice. CBA/J and BALB/c mice infected with the Tulahuen strain of T. cruzi develop a severe acute disease characterised by transient...
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