Case report: Molecular identification of Trypanosoma cruzi i tropism for central nervous system in chagas reactivation due to AIDS

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-297

  Burgos, Juan M ^a   Begher, Sandra ^b   Silva, Helder M Valadares ^c   Bisio, Margarita ^a   Duffy, Tomas ^a   Levin, Mariano J ^a   Macedo, Andrea M ^c   Schijman, Alejandro G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Pirovano   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOLIVIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; FATALITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECURRENCE; TROPISM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 41249098354     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.294     Document Type: Article

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