Characterization of two isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi obtained from the patient Berenice, the first human case of Chagas' disease described by Carlos Chagas in 1909

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-260

  De Lana, Marta ^a,d   Chiari, Clea A ^b   Chiari, Egler ^b   Morel, Carlos M ^c   Gonçalves, Antônio M ^c   Romanha, Álvaro J ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, KINETOPLAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MIDDLE AGED; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029989576     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050106     Document Type: Article

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