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The TcI and TcII Trypanosoma cruzi experimental infections induce distinct immune responses and cardiac fibrosis in dogs.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Dec 2014
Duz Ana Luiza Cassin, Vieira Paula Melo de Abreu, Roatt Bruno Mendes, Aguiar-Soares Rodrigo Dian Oliveira, Cardoso Jamille Mirelle de Oliveira, Oliveira Flávia Carvalho Bitencourt de, Reis Levi Eduardo Soares, Tafuri Washington Luiz, Veloso Vanja Maria, Reis Alexandre Barbosa, Carneiro Cláudia Martins
Abstract excerpt
Trypanosoma cruzi infection may be caused by different strains with distinct discrete typing units (DTUs) that can result in variable clinical forms of chronic Chagas disease. The present study evaluates the immune response and cardiac lesions in dogs experimentally infected with different T. cruzi strains with distinct DTUs, namely, the Colombian (Col) and Y strains of TcI and TcII DTU, respectively. During...
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