Experimental studies on Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi strains isolated from man, from animals and from triatomine bugs in Brazil

A study on nine strains of T. cruzi isolated from man, from animais and from triatomine bugs in Brazil are described. The parasites were slightly viscerotropic in white mice in six of the strains, highly viscerotropic and cardiotropic in two strains, and asymptomatic on one strain. Mechanical and cy...

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Main Authors: W. B. Petana, J. R. Coura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1974-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821974000600002