Acute Chagas Disease Induces Cerebral Microvasculopathy in Mice

Lindice Mitie Nisimura; Vanessa Estato; Elen Mello de Souza; Patricia A. Reis; Marcos Adriano Lessa; Hugo Caire Castro-Faria-Neto; Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira; Eduardo Tibiriçá; Luciana Ribeiro Garzoni

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002998

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Acute Chagas Disease Induces Cerebral Microvasculopathy in Mice

Lindice Mitie Nisimura,

Affiliation Laboratório de Investigação Cardiovascular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Vanessa Estato,

Affiliation Laboratório de Investigação Cardiovascular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Elen Mello de Souza,

Affiliation Laboratório de Morfologia e Morfogênese Viral, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Patricia A. Reis,

Affiliation Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Marcos Adriano Lessa,

Affiliation Laboratório de Investigação Cardiovascular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Hugo Caire Castro-Faria-Neto,

Affiliation Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira,

Affiliation Laboratório de Ultra-estrutura Celular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Eduardo Tibiriçá ,

¶These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Laboratório de Investigação Cardiovascular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Luciana Ribeiro Garzoni

* E-mail: largarz@ioc.fiocruz.br, largarz@gmail.com

¶These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Laboratório de Investigação Cardiovascular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Acute Chagas Disease Induces Cerebral Microvasculopathy in Mice

Lindice Mitie Nisimura,
Vanessa Estato,
Elen Mello de Souza,
Patricia A. Reis,
Marcos Adriano Lessa,
Hugo Caire Castro-Faria-Neto,
Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira,
Eduardo Tibiriçá,
Luciana Ribeiro Garzoni

Published: July 10, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002998

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