Resolution of multiclonal infections of Trypanosoma cruzi from naturally infected triatomine bugs and from experimentally infected mice by direct plating on a sensitive solid medium

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-120

  Yeo, Matthew ^a   Lewis, Michael D ^a   Carrasco, Hernan J ^b   Acosta, Nidia ^c   Llewellyn, Martin ^a   da Silva Valente, Sebastião Aldo ^d   de Costa Valente, Vera ^d   de Arias, Antonieta Rojas ^c   Miles, Michael A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^d INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cloning; Culture; Lineage; Multiclonal; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma rangeli

Indexed keywords

CLONE; GENETIC ISOLATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLATING MEDIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 33845791934     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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