Molecular typing of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1123-1125

  Roellig, Dawn M ^a   Brown, Emily L ^a   Barnabé, Christian ^b   Tibayrenc, Michel ^b   Steurer, Frank J ^c   Yabsley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 46349087003     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.080175     Document Type: Article

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