Growth behaviour of two Trypanosoma cruzi strains in single and mixed infections: In vitro and in the intestinal tract of the blood-sucking bug, Triatoma brasiliensis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-231

  Araújo, Catarina A C ^a   Cabello, Pedro H ^a   Jansen, Ana M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Mixed infections; Triatoma brasiliensis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; COLONIZATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOPARASITE; FLATWORM; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIVITY; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT; INTESTINE WALL; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RECTUM; SMALL INTESTINE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINES; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HEXAPODA; TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 34047124762     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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