Short report: Infectivity, pathogenicity, and virulence of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from sylvatic animals and vectors, and domestic dogs from the United States in ICR strain mice and SD strain rats

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 519-522

  Roellig, Dawn M ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FATALITY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENICITY; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; DOGS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77957048998     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0663     Document Type: Article

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