Splenectomy and experimental infection of mice by a virulent strain of trypanosoma cruzi

Splenectomy and experimental infection of mice by a virulent strain of trypanosoma cruzi

Splenectomy seems to increase susceptibility of mice to a jurther infection with a virulent strain of Trypanosoma cruzi. Parasitemia increases with splenectomy and the sooner the infection follows the operation, the greater the parasitemia. The mortality rate seems to have not been influenced by spl...

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Main Author: Humberto Menezes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1969-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821969000400003&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-f4bb713d3e094f5a89228580cf1e55ed2020-11-24T21:27:02ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98491969-01-013418519310.1590/S0037-86821969000400003S0037-86821969000400003Splenectomy and experimental infection of mice by a virulent strain of trypanosoma cruziHumberto Menezes0Universidade São FranciscoSplenectomy seems to increase susceptibility of mice to a jurther infection with a virulent strain of Trypanosoma cruzi. Parasitemia increases with splenectomy and the sooner the infection follows the operation, the greater the parasitemia. The mortality rate seems to have not been influenced by splenectomy.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821969000400003&lng=en&tlng=en
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title Splenectomy and experimental infection of mice by a virulent strain of trypanosoma cruzi
title_short Splenectomy and experimental infection of mice by a virulent strain of trypanosoma cruzi
title_full Splenectomy and experimental infection of mice by a virulent strain of trypanosoma cruzi
title_fullStr Splenectomy and experimental infection of mice by a virulent strain of trypanosoma cruzi
title_full_unstemmed Splenectomy and experimental infection of mice by a virulent strain of trypanosoma cruzi
title_sort splenectomy and experimental infection of mice by a virulent strain of trypanosoma cruzi
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
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issn 1678-9849
publishDate 1969-01-01
description Splenectomy seems to increase susceptibility of mice to a jurther infection with a virulent strain of Trypanosoma cruzi. Parasitemia increases with splenectomy and the sooner the infection follows the operation, the greater the parasitemia. The mortality rate seems to have not been influenced by splenectomy.
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