Cardiac plexus of dogs experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi: inflammatory lesions and quantitative studies.

Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the superficial and profound cardiac plexus of dogs experimentally infected with Be-62 and Be-78 strains of Trypanosoma cruzi were studied. Animals were autopsied in the acute phase o f infection. The inflammatory process, lesions and number of parasites were...

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Autores: Caliari, Marcelo Vidigal, Lana, Marta de, Caliari, Estela Regina de Oliveira, Tafuri, Washington Luiz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1995
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFOP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufop.br:123456789/3973
Acceso en línea:http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/3973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821995000100003
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cardiac plexus
Trypanosoma cruzi
Dog
Acute chagasic cardiopathy
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Sumario:Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the superficial and profound cardiac plexus of dogs experimentally infected with Be-62 and Be-78 strains of Trypanosoma cruzi were studied. Animals were autopsied in the acute phase o f infection. The inflammatory process, lesions and number of parasites were more intense and frequent in animals infected with the Be-78 strain than in those infected with Be-62. Despite this, no statistically significant differences could be found between the number of neuron bodies in the ganglia of infected and control dogs.