Table 1.
Tissue infectivity of Trypanosoma cruzi in mammals.
| Target tissue | Human |
Animals |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute | Chronic | Acute (4–50 dpi) | Chronic (60–730 dpi) | |
| Adipose tissue | ND | Ferreira et al. (21) | Andrade and Silva (76), Buckner et al. (77), Guarner et al. (78), Combs et al. (20) | Guarner et al. (78), Combs et al. (20) |
| Adrenal gland | ND | ND | Buckner et al. (77), Correa-de-Santana et al. (79) | ND |
| Blood | Qvarnstrom et al. (80) | Moreira et al. (11), Qvarnstrom et al. (80) | Hoft et al. (69), Buckner et al. (77), Cortez et al. (81), Guillermo et al. (55), Silva et al. (57), Veloso et al. (82), Castro-Sesquen et al. (83) | Veloso et al. (82), Castro-Sesquen et al. (83) |
| Bone | ND | ND | Morocoima et al. (84) | ND |
| Bone marrow | Baena Teran et al. (85) | ND | Morocoima et al. (84) | ND |
| Cartilage | ND | ND | Da Costa et al. (86), Morocoima et al. (84) | ND |
| Central Nervous System | Mortara et al. (19) | Mortara et al. (19) | Andrade et al. (87), Buckner et al. (77), Guarner et al. (78), Rachid et al. (88) | Andrade et al. (87), Guarner et al. (78) |
| Gastro Intestinal Tract | Mortara et al. (19) | ND | Andrade et al. (87), Buckner et al. (77), Guarner et al. (78) | Andrade et al. (87), Guarner et al. (78) |
| Heart | Mortara et al. (19) | Mortara et al. (19), Vago et al. (89), Schijman et al. (90) | Andrade et al. (87), Buckner et al. (77), Guarner et al. (78), Combs et al. (20), Castro-Sesquen et al. (83) | Guarner et al. (78), Combs et al. (20), Castro-Sesquen et al. (83) |
| Liver | ND | ND | Hoft et al. (69), Buckner et al. (77), Guarner et al. (78) | ND |
| Lung | Mortara et al. (19) | ND | Guarner et al. (78) | Guarner et al. (78) |
| Lymph nodes | ND | ND | Hoft et al. (69), Guarner et al. (78), Giddings et al. (74) | Guarner et al. (78) |
| Muscle | ND | ND | Buckner et al. (77), Guarner et al. (78) | Buckner et al. (77), Guarner et al. (78) |
| Pancreas | ND | ND | Guarner et al. (78) | Guarner et al. (78) |
| Peritoneal cells | ND | ND | Silva et al. (57) | ND |
| Skin | (19) | Mortara et al. (19) | ND | ND |
| Spleen | ND | ND | Hoft et al. (69), Buckner et al. (77), Guarner et al. (78), Combs et al. (20), Giddings et al. (74) | Guarner et al. (78), Combs et al. (20) |
| Stomach/esophagus | ND | Vago et al. (91) | Hoft et al. (69), Guarner et al. (78), Cortez et al. (81), Staquicini et al. (92) | Guarner et al. (78) |
| Thymus | ND | ND | Da Costa et al. (86) | ND |
| kidney | (19) | ND | Buckner et al. (77), Guarner et al. (78), Castro-Sesquen et al. (83) | Guarner et al. (78), Castro-Sesquen et al. (83) |
| nasal cavity | ND | ND | Giddings et al. (74) | ND |
| Bladder | ND | ND | Buckner et al. (77) | Buckner et al. (77) |
ND – not detected.