Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) for lineage assignment and high resolution diversity studies in Trypanosoma cruzi

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Yeo, Matthew ^a   Mauricio, Isabel L ^b   Messenger, Louisa A ^a   Lewis, Michael D ^a   Llewellyn, Martin S ^a   Acosta, Nidia ^a,c   Bhattacharyya, Tapan ^a   Diosque, Patricio ^d   Carrasco, Hernan J ^e   Miles, Michael A ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; GLUTATHIONE DEPENDENT PEROXIDASE II; METACYCLINE II; METACYCLINE III; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN 19; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE GENE; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUTATHIONE DEPENDENT PEROXIDASE II GENE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; METACYCLINE II GENE; METACYCLINE III GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN 19 GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE GENE; ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79959858450     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001049     Document Type: Article

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