Trypanosoma cruzi: Sensitivity of the polymerase chain reaction for detecting the parasite in the blood of mice infected with different clonal genotypes

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-201

  Miyamoto, C T ^a   Gomes, M L ^a   Marangon, A V ^a   Araujo S M ^a   Bahia, M T ^b   Lana, M ^b   Toledo, M J O ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Mice; PCR, Polymerase chain reaction; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 32644479703     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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