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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Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1997-01-01
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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 |