Short report: Temporal fluctuation of infection with different Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes in the wild rodent Octodon degus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 380-381

  Campos, Ricardo ^a   Botto Mahan, Carezza ^b   Ortiz, Sylvia ^a,b   Coronado, Ximena ^a   Solari, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINICIRCLE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEPRAIA SPINOLAI; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; XENODIAGNOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; TIME;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MEPRAIA SPINOLAI; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; INSECT VECTORS; OCTODON; RODENT DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77955641517     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0797     Document Type: Article

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