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Retardation of Parasitaemia, Prolongation of Life or Survival of Lactating Mice in Infections with Trypanosoma cruzi

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KRAMPITZ1 found an endogenous synchronization of the propagation of host and parasite in Trypanosoma duttoni infections of mice. Experimental infections with T. duttoni at certain periods of pregnancy have resulted in an exceedingly intense and prolonged parasitaemia in mice.

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  1. Krampitz, H. E., First Intern. Congr. Parasit., Rome, 1964 (in the press).

  2. Hauschka, T. S., et al., Amer. J. Trop. Med., 30, 1 (1950).

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KRAMPITZ, H., DISKO, R. Retardation of Parasitaemia, Prolongation of Life or Survival of Lactating Mice in Infections with Trypanosoma cruzi. Nature 209, 526 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209526a0

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