Pre-Columbian Chagas disease in Brazil: Trypanosoma cruzi I in the archaeological remains of a human in Peruaçu Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 514-516

  Fernandes, Alexandre ^a   Iñiguez, Alena M ^a   Lima, Valdirene S ^a   Mendonça De Souza, Sheila M F ^a   Ferreira, Luiz Fernando ^a   Vicente, Ana Carolina P ^a   Jansen, Ana M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Brazilian mummy; Chagas disease; Megacolon; Trypanosoma cruzi I

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 50449095898     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000500021     Document Type: Article

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