Differential distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi clones in human chronic chagasic cardiopathic and non-cardiopathic individuals

Acta Tropica

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-193

  Venegas, Juan ^a   Coñoepan, William ^a   Pichuantes, Sergio ^b   Miranda, Sandra ^a   Apt, Werner ^a   Arribada, Arturo ^c   Zulantay, Inés ^a   Coronado, Ximena ^a   Rodriguez, Jorge ^c   Reyes, Eduardo ^a   Solari, Aldo ^a   Sanchez, Gittith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc ^*  (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cardiopathy; Chronic Chagas disease; Hybridization; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLONE; HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 59349098608     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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