Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in human mummies

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9062, 1997, Pages 1370-

  Guhl, Felipe ^b   Jaramillo, Carlos ^b   Yockteng, Roxana ^b   Vallejo, Gutavo Adolfo ^b   Cárdenas Arroyo, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0343683409     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)63207-2     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Salo WL, Aufderheide AC, Buikstra J, Holcomb T. Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in an ancient mummy. Proc Natl Acad Sci 1994; 91: 2091-94.
2. Avila HA, Sigman DS, Coohen LM, Milikan RC, Simpson L. Polymerase chain reaction amplification of Trypanosoma cruzi kinetoplast minicircle DNA isolated from whole blood lysates: diagnosis of chronic Chagas' disease. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1991; 48: 211-22.
3. Bastos OM, Araujo A, Ferreira LF, Santoro A, Winckler P, Morel CM. Experimental paleoparasitology: identification of Trypanosoma cruzi in desiccated mouse tissue. Paleopath Newsletter (Detroit) 1996; 94: 5-8.