Paleoparasitology of Chagas disease revaled by infected tissues from Chilean mummies

Acta Tropica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-84

  Ferreira, L F ^a   Britto, C ^a   Cardoso, M A ^a   Fernandes, O ^a,b   Reinhard, K ^c   Araujo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Mummies; Paleoparasitology; Paleopathology; PCR; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; DNA, KINETOPLAST; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MUMMIES; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ATACAMA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033962632     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00095-9     Document Type: Article

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