Mechanisms of invasion and intracellular trafficking of extracellular amastigotes forms of two major phylogenetic lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi: role of the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii

• Grant number: 04/10824-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: December 01, 2004
• End date: October 31, 2007
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Protozoology of Parasites
• Principal Investigator: Renato Arruda Mortara
• Grantee: Maria Cecilia Di Ciero Fernandes
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 02/13705-8 - Molecular basis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection: mechanisms and comparison of two phylogenetically distinct parasite lineages, AP.TEM