Incidence of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission through breastfeeding during acute experimental Chagas disease

Objective: To verify the incidence of T. cruzi transmission through breastfeeding during acute experimental Chagas’ disease. Methods: Fifteen female Swiss mice were mated and, after pregnancy confirmation, placed in individual cages. A few hours after birth, the females were inoculated with 0.1 mL o...

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Main Authors: Luciamare Perinetti Alves Martins, PhD, Roberto Esteves Pires Castanho, PhD, Adriano Barbosa Nogueira, Otavio Turolo da Silva, Alex Silva de Gusmão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867011701556