Trypanosoma cruzi infectivity

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Krettli, A. U. (2009). The utility of anti-trypomastigote lytic antibodies for determining cure of Trypanosoma cruzi infections in treated patients An overview and perspectives. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 104(Suppl. 1), 142-151. 

Yaeger, R. G. (1971). Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection to opossums via the oral route. J. Parasitol. 57(6), 1375-1376. 

Yoshida, N. (2008). Trypanosoma cruzi infection by oral route How the interplay between parasite and host components modulates infectivity. Parasitol. Int. 57(2), 105-109. 

Villar JC, Marin-Neto JA, Ebrahim S, Yusuf S. Trypanocidal drugs for chronic asymptomatic Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2002 (1) CD003463. 

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N. Yoshida, R. A. Mortara, M. F. Araguth, J. C. Gonzalez, and M. Russo, Metacyclic neutralizing effect of monoclonal antibody 10D8 directed to the 35- and 50-kilodalton surface glycoconjugates of Trypanosoma cruzi, Infect. Immun., 57 (1989) 1663-1667. 

J. Mucci, A. Hidalgo, E. Mocetti, P. F. Argibay, M. S. Leguizamon, and O. Campetella, Thymocyte depletion in Trypanosoma cruzi infection is mediated by frans-sialidase-induced apoptosis on nurse cells complex, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99 (2002) 3896-3901. 

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Eisen H, Petry K, Van Voorhis WC. The origin of autoimmune patholt associated with Trypanosoma cruzi infection. In Van Der Ploeg LHT, Cantor CR, Voegel HJ, eds. Immune Recognition and Evasion Molecular Aspects of Host-Parasite Interaction. London Academic Press Inc., 1990 91-103. 

Trypanosoma cruzi infection. The current treatment involves noxious organic drugs, the dose being limited by the toxicity of the therapy. Helminth worms include flukes, tapeworm and roundworms, which cause a diverse range of infections all over the world. For example, the annual incidence of infection from threadworm exceeds 200 milhon cases, including high levels of infection in Europe, Canada and the US. 

KiersZenbaum, F., and R. W. Ferraresi Enhancement of host resistance against Trypanosoma cruzi infection by the immunoregulatory agent muramyl dipeptide. Infect. Immun. 

Observatioiial studies Of 105 patients with serologically proven Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the chronic stage of the disease who were given benznidazole 5 mg/kg/ day for 60 days in Barcelona [8 60 had with one or more adverse events and 45 were asymptomatic. There were no life-threatening adverse events, but common adverse events included headache (n = 59), dermatological reactions ( = 53), anorexia (n = A2), articular involvement (n = 38), paresthesia (n = 29), and gastrointestinal disorders (n - 16). 

Both spontaneous and zymosan (0.5 mg/ml final concentrationj-stimulated luminol-enhanced chemoluminescence of normal and Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mouse peritoneal cells were inhibited by 100 juM azide and by 0.8 fM superoxide dismu-tase, suggesting the involvement of hemoproteins and superoxide anion in the measured responses (Cardoni et al. 1990). 

Ramirez LE, Lages-Silva E, Pianetti GM, Rabelo RM, Bordin JO, Moraes-Souza H. Prevention of transfusion-associated Chagas disease by sterilization of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected blood with gentian violet, ascorbic acid, and light. Transfusion 1995 35(3) 226-30. 

Frevert, U., Schenkman, S. D., and Nussenzweig, V., 1992, Stage-specific expression and intracellular shedding of the cell surface trans-sialidase of Trypanosoma cruzi. Infect. Immun. 60 2349-2360. 

Sauto-Padron, T., Harth, G., and de Souza, W., 1990, Immunocytochemical localization of neuraminidase in Trypanosoma cruzi. Infect. Immun. 58 586-592. 

Chaussabel D, Jacobs F, de Jonge J, de Veerman M, Carlier Y, Thielemans K, et al. CD40 ligation prevents Trypanosoma cruzi infection through interleukin-12... 

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