Use of the polymerase chain reaction for detecting Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomine vectors

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 649-651

  Shikanai Yasuda, M A ^a   Ochs, D E ^b   Tolezano, J E ^c   Kirchhoff, L V ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Detection in vectors; Polymerase chain reaction; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0030448364     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90419-8     Document Type: Article

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