Astrocyte Apoptosis and HIV Replication Are Modulated in Host Cells Coinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi

The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease. In immunosuppressed individuals, as it occurs in the coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the central nervous system may be affected. In this regard, reactivation of Chagas disease is severe and often lethal,...

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Main Authors: Javier M. Urquiza, Juan M. Burgos, Diego S. Ojeda, Carla A. Pascuale, M. Susana Leguizamón, Jorge F. Quarleri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00345/full