Clinical analysis and parasite genetic diversity in human immunodeficiency virus/Chagas' disease coinfections in Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 198-206

  Perez Ramirez, Lorena ^a   Barnabé, Christian ^a   Sartori, Ana Marli C ^b   Ferreira, Marcelo S ^c   Tolezano, José E ^d   Nunes, Elizabeth V ^d   Burgarelli, Marcius K ^c   Silva, Aguinaldo C ^c   Shikanai Yasuda, Maria A ^b   Lima, Josué N ^e   Da Cruz, Alda M ^f   Oliveira, Oswaldo C ^d   Guilherme, Carmen ^d   Bastrenta, Brigitte ^g   Tibayrenc, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^g Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; SUPERINFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032813892     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.198     Document Type: Article

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