The first case of congenital Chagas' disease analyzed by AP-PCR in Colombia;Reporte del primer caso de enfermedad de Chagas transplacentaria analizado por AP-PCR en Moniquirá, Boyacá

Biomedica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-522

  Pavia, Paula Ximena ^a   Montilla, Marleny ^b   Flórez, Carolina ^b   Herrera, Giomar ^c   Ospina, Juan Manuel ^c   Manrique, Fred ^c   Nicholls, Rubén Santiago ^b   Puerta, Concepción ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

AP PCR; Chagas disease; Colombia; Maternal fetal exchange; Polymerase chain reaction; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954358318     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v29i4.125     Document Type: Article

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