Trypanosoma cruzi: Parasite persistence in tissues in chronic chagasic Brazilian patients

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-91

  Marcon, Gláucia E Barbosa ^a   de Albuquerque, Dulcinéia Martins ^a   Batista, Angelica Martins ^a   Andrade, Paula Durante ^a   Almeida, Eros A ^a   Guariento, Maria Elena ^a   Teixeira, Maria A B ^b   Costa, Sandra C Botelho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas Disease; Nested PCR; Real time PCR; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79851498100     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000100014     Document Type: Article

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