Chagas disease in ancient Hunter-Gatherer population, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1001-1002

  Lima, Valdirene S ^a   Iniguez, Alena M ^a   Otsuki, Koko ^a   Ferreira, Luiz Fernando ^a   Araújo, Adauto ^b   Vicente, Ana Carolina P ^a   Jansen, Ana Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Oswaldo Cruz Institute ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 45449117760     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1406.0707     Document Type: Letter

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