Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from Mexican and Guatemalan acute and chronic chagasic cardiopathy patients belong to Trypanosoma cruzi I

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-283

  Ruíz Sánchez, Rosario ^a   De León, María Paula ^b   Matta, Vivian ^b   Reyes, Pedro A ^a   Lopez R ^c   Jay, David ^a   Monteón, Victor M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b USAC   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Lineage I; Mexico; Mini exon; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 21044438366     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762005000300012     Document Type: Article

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