Exacerbated Skeletal Muscle Inflammation and Calcification in the Acute Phase of Infection by Mexican Trypanosoma cruzi DTUI Strain
Figure 2
Kinetic of infection of two Mexican Trypanosoma cruzi strains in blood and skeletal muscle. (a) Number of blood parasites during the infection with Querétaro (●) or Ninoa strains. Data represent average ± SD of at least three mice by experimental point. A representative graph of two independent experiments is shown. ★ with Student's -test. (b) Number of nests of parasites in skeletal muscle (Querétaro, solid; Ninoa, cleared). Data represent average ± SD of 6 mice from two independent experiments. ★ with Student's -test. (c) Microphotograph of the same field stained with H-E (left) and immunofluorescence (right) of a nest in s.m. infected with Querétaro strain, 21 dpi. Magnification 400x. (s.m. = skeletal muscle).
