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. 2018 Mar 22;86(4):e00688-17. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00688-17

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FIG 1

Kinetics of cardiomyopathy in T. cruzi infection. (A and B) Parasitemia (A) and mortality (B) in CD-1 mice infected with 5 × 104 trypomastigotes of T. cruzi strain Brazil. (C and D) Representative cardiac MRIs of control (C) and infected (D) mouse hearts revealing an enlarged right ventricle (RV). (E and F) Representative histopathology of the heart during acute and chronic infection showing pseudocysts of amastigotes (arrows) and inflammation. The images are representative of groups of 5 mice each. **, P ≤ 0.05.