Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection in neonates and infants from two regions of Chile where Chagas' disease is endemic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3824-3826

  Jercic, Maria I ^a   Mercado, Ruben ^b   Villarroel, Rodrigo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77957779589     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00048-10     Document Type: Letter

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