Sex, subdivision, and domestic dispersal of Trypanosoma cruzi Lineage I in Southern Ecuador

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Ocana Mayorga, Sofía ^a   Llewellyn, Martin S ^b   Costales, Jaime A ^a   Miles, Michael A ^b   Grijalva, Mario J ^a,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

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

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ECUADOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DISPERSAL; SEX; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECUADOR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 78650709340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000915     Document Type: Article

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