title: Confocal fluorescence microscopy: a powerful tool in the study of Chagas' disease.
abstract: Confocal scanning fluorescence microscopy has become widely used in cell biology and pathology. In conjunction with monoclonal antibodies it may turn out to be a powerful diagnostic tool that also enables detailed studies of tissue forms of Trypanosoma cruzi.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Parasitologia, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. renato.dmip@epm.br
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mortara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Taniwaki
mesh_terms: D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000473:pathology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology