Nívia Carolina Nogueira-Paiva, Kátia da Silva Fonseca, Paula Melo de Abreu Vieira, Lívia Figueiredo Diniz, Ivo Santana Caldas, Sandra Aparecida Lima de Moura, Vanja Maria Veloso, Paulo Marcos da Matta Guedes, Washington Luiz Tafuri, Maria Terezinha Bahia, Cláudia Martins Carneiro
Chagasic megaoesophagus and megacolon are characterised by motor abnormalities related to enteric nervous system lesions and their development seems to be related to geographic distribution of distinct Trypanosoma cruzi subpopulations. Beagle dogs were infected with Y or Berenice-78 (Be-78) T. cruzi strains and necropsied during the acute or chronic phase of experimental disease for post mortem histopathological evaluation of the oesophagus and colon. Both strains infected the oesophagus and colon and caused an inflammatory response during the acute phase...
February 2014: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz