Genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi: Systematic selection of assays allowing rapid and accurate discrimination of all known lineages

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1041-1049

  Lewis, Michael D ^a   Ma, Jonathan ^b   Yeo, Matthew ^a   Carrasco, Hernán J ^c   Llewellyn, Martin S ^a   Miles, Michael A ^a  

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

^b Bio Cancer Treatment International Limited   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HISTONE H1; RIBOSOME DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 73949161043     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0305     Document Type: Article

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