Trypanosoma cruzi in Persons without Serologic Evidence of Disease, Argentina

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1558-1562

  Salomone, Oscar A ^a   Basquiera, Ana L ^a   Sembaj, Adela ^b   Aguerri, Ana M ^b   Reyes, María E ^c   Omelianuk, Mirtha ^a   Fernández, Ruth A ^b   Enders, Julio ^b   Palma, Atilio ^b   Barral, José Moreno ^b   Madoery, Roberto J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PRIVADO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c Ministerio de Salud   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 10744221046     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0912.030008     Document Type: Article

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