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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 110, No. 4, 2015, pp. 500-506
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Bioline Code: oc15063
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 110, No. 4, 2015, pp. 500-506
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Immunological response to re-infections with clones of the Colombian strain of Trypanosoma cruzi with different degrees of virulence: influence on pathological features during chronic infection in mice
Guerreiro, Marcos Lazaro da Silva; Morais, Isa Rita Brito & Andrade, Sonia Gumes
Abstract
Re-infections with Trypanosoma cruzi are an aggravating factor for Chagas disease morbidity. The Colombian
strain of T. cruzi represents multiclonal populations formed by clonally propagating organisms with different tropisms
and degrees of virulence. In the present study, the influence of successive inoculations with clones of the Colombian
strain, exhibiting different degrees of virulence, on chronic myocarditis and the humoral and cellular immune responses
(Col-C1 high virulence, Col-C8 medium virulence and Col-C5 low virulence) were demonstrated. Mice from
three groups with a single infection were evaluated during the acute (14th-30th day) and chronic phases for 175 days. An
immunofluorescence assay, ELISA and delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) cutaneous test were also performed. Mice
with a triple infection were studied on the 115th-175th days following first inoculation. The levels of IgM and IgG2a were higher in the animals with a triple infection. DTH showed a higher intensity in the inflammatory infiltrate based on the
morphometric analysis during a 48 h period of the triple infection and at 24 h with a single infection. The histopathology
of the heart demonstrated significant exacerbation of cardiac inflammatory lesions confirmed by the morphometric
test. The humoral responses indicate a reaction to the triple infection, even with clones of the same strain.
Keywords
T. cruzi; re-infections; clones; myocarditis; DTH; serology
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