Instability of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood lysates: Importance for PCR DNA-based diagnosis

Molecular Diagnosis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-40

  Coronado, Ximena ^a   Ortiz, Sylvia ^a   Lastra, Olga ^b   Larrondo, Milton ^c   Rozas, Marlene ^a   Solari, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BUFFER; EDETIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; GUANIDINE; IRON; KINETOPLAST DNA; PHENOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BUFFERS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, KINETOPLAST; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VITAMIN E;

EID: 26944440940     PISSN: 10848592     EISSN: 10848592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00066982-200509010-00005     Document Type: Article

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