Trypanosoma cruzi in Brazilian Amazonia: Lineages TCI and TCIIa in wild primates, Rhodnius spp. and in humans with Chagas disease associated with oral transmission

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 615-623

  Marcili, Arlei ^a   Valente, Vera C ^b   Valente, Sebastião A ^b   Junqueira, Angela C V ^c   Silva, Flávia Maia da ^a   Pinto, Ana Yecê das Neves ^b   Naiff, Roberto D ^d   Campaner, Marta ^a   Coura, José R ^c   Camargo, Erney P ^a   Miles, Michael A ^e   Teixeira, Marta M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Chagas disease; Cytochrome b; Evolution; Non human primates; Oral infection; Phylogeny; ssrDNA; Trypanosoma cruzi lineages TCI and TCIIa

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTOCHROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA; HOMINID; INSECT; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MONKEY DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIMATES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RHODNIUS; SAGUINUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYTOCHROME B; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; AOTIDAE; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PROCEDURES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RHODNIUS; SAGUINUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VETERINARY;

EID: 59749103952     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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