Coinfection with different Trypanosoma cruzi strains interferes with the host immune response to infection.

• Main Authors: Claudiney Melquíades Rodrigues (Author), Helder Magno Silva Valadares (Author), Amanda Fortes Francisco (Author), Jerusa Marilda Arantes (Author), Camila França Campos (Author), Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho (Author), Olindo Assis Martins-Filho (Author), Márcio Sobreira Silva Araujo (Author), Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes (Author), Egler Chiari (Author), Glória Regina Franco (Author), Carlos Renato Machado (Author), Sérgio Danilo Junho Pena (Author), Ana Maria Caetano Faria (Author), Andréa Mara Macedo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A century after the discovery of Trypanosoma cruzi in a child living in Lassance, Minas Gerais, Brazil in 1909, many uncertainties remain with respect to factors determining the pathogenesis of Chagas disease (CD). Herein, we simultaneously investigate the contribution of both host and parasite fact...