Polymerase chain reaction detection and serologic follow-up after treatment with benznidazole in Bolivian children infected with a natural mixture of Trypanosoma cruzi I and II

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 497-501

  Flores Chavez, Maria ^b   Bosseno, Marie France ^a   Bastrenta, Brigitte ^a   Dalenz, Jose Louis Alcazar ^b   Hontebeyrie, Mireille ^c   Revollo, Susana ^b   Brenière, Simone Frédérique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BENZNIDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NITROIMIDAZOLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 33750595354     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.497     Document Type: Article

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