Trypanossoma cruzi: course of infection in platelets-depleted mice Trypanosoma cruzi: curso da infecção em camundongos depletados de plaquetas

The effect of platelet depletion on the course of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in BALB/c mice was investigated. Thrombocytopenia was achieved by inoculation of rabbit anti-platelet IgG during the parasitemic phase of the infection. The number of parasites in the blood of anti-platelet IgG treated was...

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Main Authors: Margareth Fernandes, Ione Irulegui, Maria P. Deane, Rita de Cassia Ruiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1992-02-01
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=S0036-46651992000100002