The TcI and TcII Trypanosoma cruzi experimental infections induce distinct immune responses and cardiac fibrosis in dogs

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...

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Main Authors:	Ana Luiza Cassin Duz, Paula Melo de Abreu Vieira, Bruno Mendes Roatt, Rodrigo Dian Oliveira Aguiar-Soares, Jamille Mirelle de Oliveira Cardoso, Flávia Carvalho Bitencourt de Oliveira, Levi Eduardo Soares Reis, Washington Luiz Tafuri, Vanja Maria Veloso, Alexandre Barbosa Reis, Cláudia Martins Carneiro
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2014-12-01
Series:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:	Trypanosoma cruzi strain dog immune response cardiac inflammation
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000801005&lng=en&tlng=en
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