The Population Structure of Trypanosoma cruzi: Expanded Analysis of 54 Strains Using Eight Polymorphic CA-repeat Microsatellites

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Oliveira, Riva P ^b   Melo, Anna Izabel R ^a   Macedo, Andréa M ^a   Chiari, Egler ^a   Pena, Sérgio D J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Genetic typing; Microsatellites; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033250931     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000700006     Document Type: Article

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