Evidence of Trypanosoma cruzi II infection in Colombian chagasic patients

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 731-734

  Zafra, German ^a   Mantilla, Julio Cesar ^a   Valadares, Helder Magno ^b   Macedo, Andrea Mara ^b   González, Clara Isabel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Facultad de Salud   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOMBIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; COLOMBIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 46749142442     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1034-0     Document Type: Article

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