Chagas Disease Diagnosis Using Polymerase Chain Reaction, Hemoculture and Serologic Methods

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 299-300

  Chiari, Egler ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Diagnosis; Hemoculture; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033251849     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000700054     Document Type: Article

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