Amastigotes forms of Trypanosoma cruzi detected in a renal allograft

Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas?disease assumes two distinct forms in vertebrate hosts: circulating trypomastigote and tissular amastigote. This latter form infects predominantly the myocardium, smooth and skeletal muscle, and central nervous system. The present work describes for t...

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Main Authors: CARVALHO Maria Fernanda C., FRANCO Marcello F. de, SOARES Vitor Augusto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1997-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651997000400008