Absence of experimental cross-protection induced by a Trypanosoma cruzi-like strain isolated from bats Ausência de proteção cruzada experimental induzida por uma cepa Trypanosoma cruzi-like isolada de morcego

This study evaluated the possibility of inoculation and reinoculation with a trypanosomatid isolated from bats that is morphologically, biologically and molecularly similar to Trypanosoma cruzi, to protect against infection by virulent strains. Non-isogenic mice were divided into 24 groups that rece...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Antonio Nogueira Nascentes, Wendell Sérgio Ferreira Meira, Eliane Lages-Silva, Luis Eduardo Ramírez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2008-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822008000200004