Etiology of Chagas disease myocarditis: autoimmunity, parasite persistence, or both?

Cardiac myosin induces myocarditis in genetically predisposed mice.

Nikolaus Neu, N. R. Rose, Kirk W. Beisel et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1987 · 521 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathology +12

Long term evaluation of etiological treatment of Chagas disease with benznidazole

J. Romeu Cançado · Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo · 2002 · 328 citations · Full text

Medicine, Pharmacology, Antimicrobial Pharmacotherapy +11

Parasite Persistence Correlates with Disease Severity and Localization in Chronic Chagas' Disease

L. Zhang, Rick L. Tarleton · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 1999 · 285 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Autoimmunity in Chagas' disease. Identification of cardiac myosin-B13 Trypanosoma cruzi protein crossreactive T cell clones in heart lesions of a chronic Chagas' cardiomyopathy patient.

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Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathology +17

Contribution of the innate immune system to autoimmune myocarditis: a role for complement

Ziya Kaya, Marina Afanasyeva, Yan Wang et al. · Nature Immunology · 2001 · 174 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathology +12