Biological and molecular characterization of a raccoon isolate of Trypanosoma cruzi from South Carolina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1273-1276

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Noblet, Gayle Pittman ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL DIVISION; EXON; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GROWTH RATE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RACCOON; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPLEEN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; PROCYON LOTOR; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036938557     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1273:bamcoa]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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