Enveloped and non-enveloped viral-like particles in Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes

ABSTRACT Electron microscopy is routinely used to identify viral infections in protozoan parasites. These viruses have been described as non-enveloped and icosahedral structures with a diameter of 30-60 nm. Most of them are classified within the non-segmented dsRNA Totiviridae family. We observed vi...

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Main Authors: Ana María Fernández-Presas, Luis Padilla-Noriega, Ingeborg-Becker, Lilia Robert, José Agustín Jiménez, Sandra Solano, Jose Delgado, Patricia Tato, José Luis Molinari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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