Genetic epidemiology of seropositivity for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in rural Goias, Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 538-543

  Williams Blangero, Sarah ^a   VandeBerg, John L ^a   Blangero, John ^a   Teixeira, Antonio R L ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0030698016     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.538     Document Type: Article

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