BALB/c and C57BL/6 Mice Cytokine Responses to Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Are Independent of Parasite Strain Infectivity
Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas’ disease, which affects 6–7 million people worldwide. Different strains of T. cruzi present specific genotypic and phenotypic characteristics that affect the host–pathogen interactions, and thus, the parasite has been classified into six groups (TcI...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00553/full |