Predominance of Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes in two reservoirs infected by sylvatic Triatoma infestans of an endemic area of Chile

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-93

  Galuppo, S ^b   Bacigalupo, A ^b   Garcia A ^a   Ortiz, S ^a   Coronado, X ^a   Cattan, P E ^b   Solari, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Genotypes; Sylvatic T. infestans

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHILE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OCTODON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

OCTODON DEGUS; RATTUS RATTUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 67349217069     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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