Immunocytochemical study of tissue parasitism of dog adrenal glands in experimental chagas' disease

Abstract

Summary :In human beings, the central vein of the adrenal glands has been considered by some authors to be one of the preferential sites of

Trypanosoma cruzi: blood parasitism kinetics and their correlation with heart parasitism intensity during long-term infection of Beagle dogs

“…During the chronic phase, the IMH reaction was negative for all heart fragments. The low sensitivity of the IMH at this stage of infection has already been demonstrated for dog tissues by other authors (Caliari et al 1994, Machado et al 2001, Cruz et al 2006. Lages-Silva et al (2001) also verified that PCR exhibits greater sensitivity than IMH for detecting the presence of T. cruzi in the esophagus of chagasic patients during the chronic phase of the infection.…”

Padronização e validação de dois sistemas de amplificação quantitativa para a detecção do DNA mitocondrial e nuclear de Trypanosoma cruzi, em amostras sanguíneas e teciduais de camundongos Swiss infectados

“…A quantificação das glândulas adrenais é tema escasso na literatura atual, muitas vezes impossibilitando encontrar estudos para comparação. Nossos resultados que detectaram carga parasitária neste órgão em todas as fases, divergiram dos de Caliari et al (85) , que estudando, por meio de testes imunohistoquímicos, as glândulas adrenais de…”