Confocal fluorescence microscopy: a powerful tool in the study of Chagas' disease.
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.
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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
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D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000473:pathology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology