Trypanosoma cruzi: Long-term sub-cultures in two different culture media do not confirm the existence of highly versatile multilocus genotypes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 779-784

  Barnabé, Christian ^a   Tibayrenc, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Cloning methods; Genotype stability; Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Trypanosoma cruzi; Y strain

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

CHAGAS DISEASE; GENOTYPE; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, CELLULOSE ACETATE; GENOTYPE; ISOENZYMES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 2442419581     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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