High prevalence of Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi in opossums and triatomids in a formerly-endemic area of Chagas disease in Southeast Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-198

  Ramirez, Luis Eduardo ^a   Lages Silva, Eliane ^a   Alvarenga Franco, Frederico ^a   Matos, Aldo ^a   Vargas, Nancy ^b   Fernandes, Octavio ^c   Zingales, Bianca ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Didelphis albiventris; Panstrongylus megistus; Rhodnius neglectus; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma rangeli

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENOTYPE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; EXON; FLAGELLATE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYMPH; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; OPOSSUMS; PANSTRONGYLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS; RHODNIUS NEGLECTUS; RODENTIA; TRIATOMIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 0036890363     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00185-7     Document Type: Article

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