Mast cell-nerve interaction in the colon of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected individuals with chagasic megacolon

Chagas disease is an infection caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi that affects millions of people worldwide and is endemic in Latin America. Megacolon is the most frequent complication of the digestive chronic form and happens due to lesions of the enteric nervous system. The neuronal lesions...

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