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• Abstract
• Overview
• Early observations on the entry of trypomastigotes and extracellular amastigotes in HeLa and Vero cells
• Intracellular vs. extracellular amastigotes as infective forms of the parasites
• T. cruzi invasion of cells transfected with cytoskeletal elements, carbohydrates or regulatory Rho-GTPases
• Cell invasion by extracellular amastigotes and metacyclic trypomastigotes of strains from the two major phylogenetic lineages
• Cell invasion and intracellular fate of infective forms
• Invasion by T. cruzi of Vero cells colonized with Coxiella burnetii
• Perspectives
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Figures

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Acknowledgments

- Mammalian cell invasion and intracellular trafficking by Trypanosoma cruzi infective forms

We are grateful to our colleagues Nobuko Yoshida and José Franco da Silveira for their comments and suggestions on the manuscript. We are also indebted to our colleague and friend Michel Rabinovitch for introducing us to the Coxiella world and relentless critic spirit. The financial support from the Brazilian agencies Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) through fellowships and research grants is also fully acknowledged.