HUMAN CHAGASIC DISEASE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH AN ANTIHEART HUMORAL RESPONSE

Authors
BAIG MK SALOMONE O CAFORIO ALP GOLDMAN JH AMUCHASTEGUI M CAIERO T MCKENNA WJ
Citation
Mk. Baig et al., HUMAN CHAGASIC DISEASE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH AN ANTIHEART HUMORAL RESPONSE, The American journal of cardiology, 79(8), 1997, pp. 1135
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:8<1135:HCDINA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
An inflammatory cardiomyopathy occurs in humans with chronic Trypanoso ma cruzi infection (Chagas' disease). This study finds that T. cruzi i nfection is not associated with the production of cardiac-specific aut oantibodies in humans with cardiac manifestations.