Differential tissue tropism of Trypanosoma cruzi strains: an in vitro study

We have previously demonstrated selection favoring the JG strain of Trypanosoma cruziin hearts of BALB/c mice that were chronically infected with an equal mixture of the monoclonal JG strain and a clone of the Colombian strain, Col1.7G2. To evaluate whether cell invasion efficiency drives this selec...

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Main Authors: Luciana O Andrade, Lúcia MC Galvão, Maria de Nazareth SL Meirelles, Egler Chiari, Sergio DJ Pena, Andrea M Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2010-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762010000600018