Susceptibility of Mepraia spinolai and Triatoma infestans to different Trypanosoma cruzi strains from naturally infected rodent hosts

Acta Tropica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-29

  Campos, Ricardo ^a   Acuña Retamar, Mariana ^b   Botto Mahan, Carezza ^b   Ortiz, Sylvia ^a   Cattan, Pedro E ^b   Solari, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Chile; Insect vector; Reduviidae; Triatomine

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DISEASE CARRIER; GENOTYPE; MEPRAIA SPINOLAI; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RODENT; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; INSECT VECTORS; OCTODON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS; ZOONOSES;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MEPRAIA SPINOLAI; OCTODON DEGUS; REDUVIIDAE; RODENTIA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 34848856401     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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