Kinetoplast DNA signatures of Trypanosoma cruzi strains obtained directly from infected tissues

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2153-2159

  Vago, Annamaria R ^a   Macedo, Andrea M ^a   Oliveira, Riva P ^a   Andrade, Luciana O ^a   Chiari, Egler ^a   Galvão, Lúcia M C ^a   Reis, Débora D'Ávila ^b   Pereira, Maria Elizabeth S ^b   Simpson, Andrew J G ^c   Testes, Sebastião ^d   Pena, Sérgio D J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^d Faculdade Med do Triangulo Mineiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; KINETOPLAST; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, KINETOPLAST; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 10544230201     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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