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. 1983 Apr;40(1):299–302. doi: 10.1128/iai.40.1.299-302.1983

Reversible acquisition of a host cell surface membrane antigen by Trypanosoma cruzi.

Q Chess, A M Acosta, J K Sethi, C A Santos-Buch
PMCID: PMC264848  PMID: 6187692

Abstract

The ability of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease to acquire host cell surface antigen was tested. Parasites emerging after intracellular replication in WOS sarcoma monolayers expressed a sarcoma-associated surface antigen. This antigen was deleted from these parasites after replication in the MNS control monolayer, which does not express WOS sarcoma-associated surface antigen, or by replication in cell-free medium. This type of reversible acquisition of host surface antigen has not been previously described in T. cruzi or other intracellular protozoan parasites.

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