Trypanosoma cruzi: Entry Into Mammalian Host Cells and Parasitophorous Vacuole Formation

Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, is transmitted to vertebrate hosts by blood-sucking insects. This protozoan is an obligate intracellular parasite. The infective forms of the parasite are the metacyclic trypomastigotes, amastigotes and bloodstream trypomastigotes. The recogn...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Immunology
Main Authors:	Emile Santos Barrias, Tecia Maria Ulisses Carvalho, Wanderley eDe Souza
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Subjects:	Endocytosis Phagocytosis Trypanosoma cruzi Interaction mammalian cell Active penetration
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00186/full