Virulence and pathogenicity associated with diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi stocks and clones derived from Chagas' disease patients

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 304-310

  Lauria Pires, Liana ^a   Teixeira, Antonio R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029779880     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.304     Document Type: Article

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