Histopathological study of experimental and natural infections by Trypanosoma cruzi in Didelphis marsupialis

Didelphis marsupialis, the most important sylvatic reservoir of Trypanosoma cruzi, can also maintain in their anal scent glands the multiplicative forms only described in the intestinal tract of triatomine bugs. A study of 21 experimentally and 10 naturally infected opossums with T. cruzi was undert...

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Main Authors: João Carlos Araujo Carreira, Ana Maria Jansen, Maria P Deane, Henrique Leonel Lenzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1996-10-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000500012