Trypanosoma cruzi: vertebrate and invertebrate cycles in the same mammal host, the opossum Didelphis marsupialis

Epimastigotes multiplying extracellularly and metacyclic trypomastigotes, stages that correspond to the cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi in the intestinal lumen of its insect vector, were consistently found in the lumen of the anal glands of opossums Didelphis marsupialis inoculated subcutaneously with infective feces of triatomid bugs.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deane,Maria P., Lenzi,Henrique L., Jansen,Ana
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1984
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761984000400021
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