Should Trypanosoma cruzi be Called "cruzi" Complex? A Review of the Parasite Diversity and the Potential of Selecting Population after in Vitro Culturing and Mice Infection

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Devera, Rodolfo ^a   Fernandes, Octavio ^a,b   Coura, José Rodrigues ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

"Cruzi" complex; Genetic diversity; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; EXONS; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037945390     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000100001     Document Type: Review

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