the destruction of nonparasitized target heart cells by t. cruzi-sensitized lymphocytes is an in vitro model of the chronic myocarditis of chagas ' disease , and the recognition of cross-reactive antigens of the host cell by t. cruzi-sensitized lymphocytes is believed to be the pathogenic basis for subsequent tissue injury in the chronic phase of this disease .
C0018787
heart
C0027059
myocarditis