The impact of immunology research in Chagas disease in Brazil: A personal overview

ABSTRACT

This personal overview intends to demonstrate that the Trypanosoma cruzi model of research has been extensively used by groups of Brazilian scientists who with or without formal training in immunology contributed with basic and applied data related to this discipline for a better knowledge of experimental and human Chagas disease. Since the bulk of information in the immunology of this disease is rather numerous the author selected for this review more familiar topics or those in which he directly participated.