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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
Separation of the blood forms of trypanosomes from the blood of infected animals is difficult, especially in the case of Trypanosoma cruzi Y strain. Two procedures to isolate the Y strain blood forms of T. cruzi using polyvinyl pyrrolidone-coated silica (percoll) and histopaque are reported in this study. The recovery rates of parasites were 16 +/- 5 and 68 +/- 16%, respectively. The parasites isolated by these methods presented normal motility and morphology and were infective to albino mice with prepatent periods, parasitemia curves, and polymorphism patterns during the infection that were similar to those of control parasites. In addition, the preservation of surface antigens was confirmed by immunocytochemical studies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0273-2289
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
183-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation of Trypanosoma cruzi from blood by histopaque and continuous percoll gradient centrifugations.
pubmed:affiliation
Departmento de Imunologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães-FIOCRUZ, Cidade Universitaria, Recife-PE, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't