The genetic diversity of Brazilian Trypanosoma cruzi isolates and the phylogenetic positioning of zymodeme 3, based on the internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal gene

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 755-764

  Santos, S S ^a   Cupolillo, E ^a   Junqueira, A ^a   Coura, J R ^a   Jansen, A ^a   Sturm, N R ^b   Campbell, D A ^b   Fernandes, O ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036978968     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125002301     Document Type: Article

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