New features on the survival of human-infective Trypanosoma rangeli in a murine model: Parasite accumulation is observed in lymphoid organs.

• Main Authors: Luciana de Lima Ferreira (Author), Fernanda Fortes de Araújo (Author), Patricia Massara Martinelli (Author), Andrea Teixeira-Carvalho (Author), Juliana Alves-Silva (Author), Alessandra Aparecida Guarneri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Trypanosoma rangeli is a non-pathogenic protozoan parasite that infects mammals, including humans, in Chagas disease-endemic areas of South and Central America. The parasite is transmitted to a mammalian host when an infected triatomine injects metacyclic trypomastigotes into the host's skin du...