In addition, talin immunostaining appears asa striated pattern in cardiomyocytes (Fig. 4).Double labelling of paxillin and actin filament also revealed paxillin anchoring theends of myofibrils in cardiomyocytes (Fig. 1).Few intracellular parasites were visualised in the host cell cytoplasm by To-PRO-3Iodide or DAPI staining during the initial times of infection (24 hpi) (Figs. 1, 4).At this time, no alterations were noted concerning focal adhesion proteindistribution. This evidence concerns the gene PXN and infection.