Probing population dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi during progression of the chronic phase in chagasic patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1718-1725

  D'Ávila, Daniella Alchaar ^a   Macedo, Andréa Mara ^a   Valadares, Helder Magno Silva ^a   Gontijo, Eliane Dias ^a   De Castro, Ana Maria ^c   Machado, Carlos Renato ^a   Chiari, Egler ^a   Galvão, Lúcia Maria Cunha ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL LINEAGE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 66749136414     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01658-08     Document Type: Article

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