Fig. 10

Analysis of parasitemia levels and percentage of cumulative mortality in acute T. cruzi infection of mice. In vivo effect of single (a–d) and three (intervals of 5 days between each dose) (e, f) administrations of autologous whole blood (AWB), saline (SAL) and benznidazole (Bz) prior to T. cruzi acute infection using male Swiss mice inoculated with 104 bloodstream trypomastigotes (Y strain). The data express parasitemia levels (a, c and e) and percent of cumulative mortality (b, d and f)