Identification and lineage genotyping of South American trypanosomes using fluorescent fragment length barcoding

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-51

  Hamilton, P B ^a   Lewis, M D ^b   Cruickshank, C ^a   Gaunt, M W ^b   Yeo, M ^b   Llewellyn, M S ^b   Valente, S A ^c   Maia da Silva, F ^d   Stevens, J R ^a   Miles, M A ^b   Teixeira, M M G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Co infection; Genetic diversity; Kinetoplastid; Protozoa; Vector

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FLUORESCENT FRAGMENT LENGTH BARCODING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA DIONISII; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMA MARINKELLEI; TRYPANOSOMA THEILERI; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA;

KINETOPLASTIDA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 78650220128     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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