Survey for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a municipality in Northeast Brazil

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 131-136

  Tachibana, Hiroshi ^a,b   Paz, Kilma C ^a   Landivar, W Hugo W ^a,c   Kobayashi, Seiki ^a,d   Montenegro, Luciano T ^a   Figuerêdo Silva, José ^a   Tateno, Seiki ^a,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Hospital Santa Cruz CPS   (Bolivia)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Jird; Monoclonal antibody; Serology; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PANSTRONGYLUS; PARASITOLOGY; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PANSTRONGYLUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033206155     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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