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Hematological alterations during experimental canine infection by Trypanosoma c...
Guedes,Paulo Marcos Matta; Veloso,Vanja Maria; Mineo,Tiago Wilson Patriarca; Santiago-Silva,Juliana; Crepalde,Geovan; Caldas,Ivo SantanaTo confirm that Beagle dogs are a good experimental model for Chagas disease, we evaluated hematological alterations during the acute and chronic phases in Beagle dogs infected with the Y, Berenice-78 (Be-78) and ABC strains of Trypanosomacruzi, correlating clinical signs with the parasitemia curve. We demonstrate that the acute phase of infection was marked by lethargy and loss of appetite. Simultaneously, we ...
Comparison of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs inoculated with blood or meta...
Bahia,Maria Terezinha; Tafuri,Washington Luiz; Caliari,Marcelo Vidigal; Veloso,Vanja Maria; Carneiro,Cláudia Martins; Coelho,George Luiz Lins MachadoThis paper aimed to verify the influence of the inoculum source (blood or metacyclic trypomastigote) and the route of inoculation (intraperitoneal or conjunctival) on the course of T. cruzi infection in dogs, using comparatively the T. cruzi strains Berenice-62 and Berenice-78. All dogs inoculated intraperitoneally became infected independently of the T. cruzi strain and source of trypomastigotes used. High lev...