Evaluation of Clinical and Immunopathological Features of Different Infective Doses of Trypanosoma cruzi in Dogs during the Acute Phase
Figure 5
(a) Slight myocarditis in ventricular wall of dog 9 of the low dose group. (b) Lymphoplasmacytic myocarditis in ventricular wall of dog 2 of the high dose group. (c) Ventricular wall of dog 4 of medium dose group. Even a dose as low as 2000 trypomastigotes per kilogram of T. cruzi strain Sylvio 10x can produce evident lesions in myocardium of dogs.
