Epidemiology, Biochemistry and Evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi Lineages Based on Ribosomal RNA Sequences

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 159-164

  Zingales, Bianca ^a   Stolf, Beatriz S ^a   Souto, Ricardo P ^a,d   Fernandes, Octavio ^b   Briones, Marcelo R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Major lineages; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogeny; Ribosomal RNA; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033252281     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000700020     Document Type: Article

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