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Amastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi escape destruction by the terminal complement components

We studied the effect of complement on two life cycle stages of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi: epimastigotes, found in the insect vector, and amastigotes, found in the mammalian host. We found that while both stages activate vigorously the alternative pathway, only epimastigotes are destr...

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Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1989
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2189257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2494292