Katherine Yih-Jia Fu et al.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 50(4), 516-523 (2017-09-28)
Trypanosoma cruzi (Tc) infection is usually acquired in childhood in endemic areas, leading to Chagas disease, which progresses to Chagas cardiomyopathy in 20-30% of infected individuals over decades. The pathogenesis of Chagas cardiomyopathy involves the host inflammatory response to T.