Clonal heterogeneity of a Central American strain of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae);Heterogeneidad clonal en epimastigotos de una cepa Centroamericana de Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae)

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 40-45

  Calderón Arguedas, Olger ^a   Troyo, Adriana ^a   Valerio, Idalia ^b   Chinchilla, Misael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Universidad de Ciencias Medicas Dr Andres Vesalio Guzman   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Epimastigotes; Macrophages; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosomatidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746118240     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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