Biological characterization and genetic diversity of Mexican isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi

Acta Tropica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-254

  Lopez Olmos V ^a   Perez Nasser N ^b   Pinero D ^b   Ortega, E ^a   Hernandez, R ^a   Espinoza, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biological characterization; Genetic diversity; Infectivity; Isoenzymes; North American strains; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA P 388; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; GENOTYPE; ISOENZYMES; MACROPHAGES; MEXICO; MICE; PHYLOGENY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERO CELLS;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0344110393     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00131-9     Document Type: Article

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