An improved, PCR-based strategy for the detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in human blood samples

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 689-694

  Ribeiro Dos Santos, G ^a   Nishiya, A S ^a   Sabino, E C ^a   Chamone, D F ^a   Saez Alquezar A ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular Fundacan Pro Sangue Hemocentro de S   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032703989     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989957934     Document Type: Article

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