Isolation of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in 4,000-year-old mummified human tissue from northern Chile

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 401-407

  Guhl F ^a   Jaramillo, C ^a   Vallejo, G A ^b   Yockteng, R ^a   Cardenas Arroyo F ^a   Fornaciari, G ^c   Arriaza, B ^d   Aufderheide, Arthur C ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL TOLIMA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas'; DNA; Mummy; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KINETOPLAST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUMMIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0345320453     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199904)108:4<401::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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