Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi strains isolated from chronic chagasic patients, triatomines and opossums naturally infected from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-351

  Fernandes, Cloé Duarte ^a   Murta, Silvane Maria Fonseca ^b   Cerávolo, Isabela Penna ^b   Krug, Luciano Percival ^a   Vidigal, Pedro G ^b   Steindel, Mario ^d   Nardi, Nanci ^c   Romanha, Alvaro José ^b  

^a Inst de Pesq Biol SSMA/RS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Epidemiology; Isoenzyme characterization; Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; OPOSSUM; PANSTRONGYLUS; PARASITOLOGY; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; MICE; OPOSSUMS; PANSTRONGYLUS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031129661     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000300008     Document Type: Article

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