Effect of the Plasmid-DNA Vaccination on Macroscopic and Microscopic Damage Caused by the Experimental Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in the Canine Model

The dog is considered the main domestic reservoir for Trypanosoma cruzi infection and a suitable experimental animal model to study the pathological changes during the course of Chagas disease (CD). Vaccine development is one of CD prevention methods to protect people at risk. Two plasmids containin...

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Main Authors: Olivia Rodríguez-Morales, Silvia C. Carrillo-Sánchez, Humberto García-Mendoza, Alberto Aranda-Fraustro, Martha A. Ballinas-Verdugo, Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar, José Luis Rosales-Encina, Maite Vallejo, Minerva Arce-Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/826570