Molecular diagnosis and typing of Trypanosoma cruzi populations and lineages in cerebral chagas disease in a patient with AIDS

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1016-1018

  Burgos, Juan M ^a,b   Begher, Sandra B ^c   Freitas, Jorge M ^d   Bisio, Margarita ^a   Duffy, Tomas ^a   Altcheh, Jaime ^e   Teijeiro, Ricardo ^c   Lopez Alcoba, Horacio ^c   Deccarlini, Florencia ^c   Freilij, Hector ^e   Levin, Mariano J ^a   Levalle, Jorge ^c   Macedo, Andrea M ^d   Schijman, Alejandro G ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Servicio de Maternidad   (Argentina)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^f Dto de Quimica Biologica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BENZNIDAZOLE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL DNA 24SALPHA; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLONE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 29844458288     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.1016     Document Type: Article

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