Evaluation of the rabbit as a model for Chagas disease - II: histopathologic studies of the heart, digestive tract and skeletal muscle

In order to investigate the value of the rabbit as an experimental model for Chagas' disease, seventy one animals were inoculated with different Trypanosoma cruzi strains and routes. The rabbits were submitted to necropsy in acute (earlier than three months of infection), recent chronic (three...

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Main Authors: Arnaldo Moreira da Silva, Luiz Eduardo Ramirez, Marlene Vargas, Edmundo Chapadeiro, Zigman Brener
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1996-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000200015