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

Abstract
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.
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Keywords
Cardiac plexus, Trypanosoma cruzi, Dog, Acute chagasic cardiopathy
Citation
CALIARI, M. V. et al. Cardiac plexus of dogs experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi: inflammatory lesions and quantitative studies. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, v. 28, n.1, p. 13-17, 1995. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0037-86821995000100003&script=sci_arttext>. Acesso em: 28 ago. 2014.