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. 1983 May;40(2):836–839. doi: 10.1128/iai.40.2.836-839.1983

Surface antigens of metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi.

N Yoshida
PMCID: PMC264932  PMID: 6341250

Abstract

The surface antigen makeup of metacyclic trypomastigote forms of strain G of Trypanosoma cruzi, which produce a subpatent infection in mice, differed from those of the virulent strains Y and CL. A 100,000-molecular-weight protein, barely detectable on the Y or CL cell surface, appeared as the main surface antigen of the G metacyclic trypomastigotes. In addition, the G metacyclic forms differed from those of the virulent strains in their susceptibility to complement-mediated immunolysis.

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