Comparison of Trypanosoma cruzi detection by PCR in blood and dejections of Triatoma infestans fed on patients with chronic Chagas disease

Acta Tropica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-317

  Coronado, Ximena ^a   Zulantay, Ines ^a   Reyes, Eduardo ^a   Apt, Werner ^a   Venegas, Juan ^a   Rodriguez, Jorge ^a   Solari, Aldo ^a   Sanchez, Gittith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chronic Chagas disease; Polymerase chain reaction; Xenodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLAGELLATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33746255331     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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