[Protection of mice by trehalose dimycolate against lethal infection by Trypanosoma cruzi].

Abstract

Four weekly injections of 50 micrograms of trehalose dimycolate (TDM) in FIA protect 40% of the Mice against a lethal infection by Trypanosoma cruzi; under the same conditions MDP (muramyldipeptide) has only a very slight effect.