Novel strategy in Trypanosoma cruzi cell invasion: Implication of cholesterol and host cell microdomains

Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas’ disease, is an obligatory intracellular parasite in the mammalian host. In order to invade a wide variety of mammalian cells, T. cruzi engages parasite components that are differentially expressed among strains and infective forms. Because the iden...

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