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Mechanism of Congenital Chagas Disease: Effective Infection Depends on the Interplay Between Trypanosoma cruzi and the Different Tissue Compartments in the Chorionic Villi of the Human Placenta

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Juan Duaso, Christian Castillo and Ulrike Kemmerling

Submitted: 13 April 2011 Published: 07 March 2012

DOI: 10.5772/32799

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Recent Advances in Research on the Human Placenta

Edited by Jing Zheng

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Written By

Juan Duaso, Christian Castillo and Ulrike Kemmerling

Submitted: 13 April 2011 Published: 07 March 2012