Chagas disease in prehistory

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1041-1044

  Ferreira, Luiz F ^a   Jansen, Ana M ^a   Araújo, Adauto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Chagas disease; Mummies; Paleoepidemiology; Paleoparasitology; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MUMMIES; PALEOPATHOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 80052042687     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011005000013     Document Type: Article

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