Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi in the heart, lymph nodes and liver of experimentally inffected mice, using limiting dilution analysis

Limiting dilution analysis was used to quantify Trypanosoma cruzi in the lymph nodes, liver and heart of Swiss and C57 B1/10 mice. The results showed that, in Swiss and B1/10 mice infected with T. cruzi Y strain, the number of parasites/mg of tissue increased during the course of the infection in bo...

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Main Authors: Marise P. Nunes, Ana Cristina L. Sobral, Sérgio G. Coutinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1992-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761992000400007