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    Chagas' disease: an update on immune mechanisms and therapeutic strategies
    (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-06-01) Boscardin, Silvia Beatriz; Troccoli Torrecilhas, Ana Claudia; Manarin, Romina; Revelli, Silvia; Gonzalez Rey, Elena; Tonelli, Renata Rosito [UNIFESP]; Silber, Ariel Mariano; Universidade de São Paulo (USP); Mackenzie Presbeterian Univ; Natl Univ Rosario; CSIC; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    The final decade of the 20th century was marked by an alarming resurgence in infectious diseases caused by tropical parasites belonging to the kinetoplastid protozoan order. Among the pathogenic trypanosomatids, some species are of particular interest due to their medical importance. These species include the agent responsible for Chagas' disease, Trypanosoma cruzi. Approximately 8 to 10 million people are infected in the Americas, and approximately 40 million are at risk. in the present review, we discuss in detail the immune mechanisms elicited during infection by T. cruzi and the effects of chemotherapy in controlling parasite proliferation and on the host immune system.