Trypanosoma cruzi es el agente etiológico de la enfermedad de Chagas, es transmitido a través del contacto con la materia fecal de un triatomino infectado. El diagnóstico de esta parasitosis se realiza mediante la detección de anticuerpos específicos en suero, sin embargo, existen reacciones falsas positivas o reacciones cruzadas con...
Chagasí disease contributes significantly to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in several Latin-American countries. Chronic human Chagas' disease ranges from an asymptomatic to a severe cardiac clinical form. The involvement of the host's immune response in the development and maintenance of chagasic pathology has been demonstrated by several groups. Chronic cardiac...