Genomic and proteomic approaches for Chagas' disease: Critical analysis of diagnostic methods

Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 521-530

  Huete Pérez, Jorge A ^a   Flores Obando, Rafael Ernesto ^b   Ghedin, Elodie ^c   Caffrey, Conor R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Universidad Centroamericana   (Nicaragua)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Diagnosis; Genomics; Microarray; Proteomics; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PROTEOMICS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 22044458052     PISSN: 14737159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737159.5.4.521     Document Type: Review

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