Chagas' disease: facts and reality

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 544-545

  de Souza, Wanderley ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; RNA SPLICING; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33947319513     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.12.014     Document Type: Letter

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