Recrudescence induced by cyclophosphamide of chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection in mice is influenced by the parasite strain

Reactivation of chronic chagasic patients may occur upon use of immunosuppressive drugs related to kidney or heart transplantation or when they are affected by concomitant HIV infection. This recrudescence, however, does not occur in all chagasic patients exposed to immunosuppressive agents. We ther...

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Main Authors: Maria Elizabeth S Pereira, Luis Mauro T Santos, Márcio Sobreira S Araújo, Zigman Brener
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1996-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000100011