Genetic analyses of trypanosoma cruzi isolates from naturally infected triatomines and humans in northeastern Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-211

  Camara A C J ^a,c   Varela Freire, A A ^c   Valadares, H M S ^b   Macedo, A M ^b   D'Avila D A ^a   Machado, C R ^b   Lages Silva, E ^d   Chiari, E ^a   Galvao L M C ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Núcleo de Pesquisas em Tuberculose   (Brazil)

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

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease infection; Genomic markers; Panstrongylus lutzi; T. cruzi III; Triatoma brasiliensis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RIBOSOME RNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PANSTRONGYLUS; PANSTRONGYLUS LUTZI; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RNA SPLICING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE;

PANSTRONGYLUS LUTZI; TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77953534882     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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