Postmortem diagnosis of autochthonous acute chagasic myocarditis by polymerase chain reaction amplification of a species-specific DNA sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 526-529

  Ochs, Diane E ^a   Hnilica, Violette S ^b   Moser, David R ^a   Smith, Jerome H ^c   Kirchhoff, Louis V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b McLean County Coroner's Office   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0029905487     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.526     Document Type: Article

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