Chronic experimental infection by Trypanosoma cruzi in Cebus apella monkeys

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

A. Riarte²  A. Sinagra²  M. Lauricella²  N. Bolomo¹  M. Moreno²  P. Cossio¹  R. Arana¹  E. L. Segura² 

[1] ,Instituto Nacional de la Enfermedad de Chagas Dr Mario Fatala ChabenBuenos Aires,Argentina

关键词: Trypanosoma cruzi;    chronic infection;    reinfection;    monkeys;    Cebus apella;    animal models;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761995000600014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Twenty young male Cebus apella monkeys were infected with CAl Trypanosoma cruzi strain and reinfected with CA l or Tulahuen T.cruzi strains, with different doses and parasite source. Subpatent parasitemia was usually demonstrated in acute and chronic phases. Patent parasitemia was evident in one monkey in the acute phase and in four of them in the chronic phase after re-inoculations with high doses of CAl strain. Serological conversion was observed in all monkeys; titers were low, regardless of the methods used to investigate anti-T. cruzi specific antibodies. Higher titers were induced only when re-inoculations were perfomed with the virulent Tulahuén strain or high doses of CAl strain. Clinical electrocardiographic and ajmaline test evaluations did not reveal changes between infected and control monkeys. Histopathologically, cardiac lesions were always characterized by focal or multifocal mononuclear infiltrates and/or isolated fibrosis, as seen during the acute and chronic phases; neither amastigote nests nor active inflammation and fibrogenic processes characteristic of human acute and chronic myocarditis respectively, were observed. These morphological aspects more closely resemble those found in the "indeterminate phase" and contrast with the more diffuse and progressive pattern of the human chagasic myocarditis. All monkeys survived and no mortality was observed.

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