Comparison of Trypanosoma cruzi lineages and levels of parasitic DNA in infected mothers and their newborns

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-106

  Virreira, Myrna ^a   Truyens, Carine ^a   Alonso Vega, Cristina ^b   Brutus, Laurent ^c   Jijena, Juan ^d   Torrico, Faustino ^b   Carlier, Yves ^a   Svoboda, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d Hospital Universitario San Juan de Dios   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARASITEMIA; POPULATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 34548767601     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.102     Document Type: Article

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