Geographical distribution of trypanosoma cruzi genotypes in venezuela

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Carrasco, Hernán J ^a   Segovia, Maikell ^a   Llewellyn, Martin S ^b   Morocoima, Antonio ^c   Urdaneta Morales, Servio ^d   Martínez, Cinda ^e   Martínez, Clara E ^a   Garcia, Carlos ^a   Rodríguez, Marlenes ^a   Espinosa, Raul ^f   de Noya, Belkisyolé A ^a   Díaz Bello, Zoraida ^a   Herrera, Leidi ^d   Fitzpatrick, Sinead ^b   Yeo, Matthew ^b   Miles, Michael A ^b   Feliciangeli, M Dora ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^e Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud   (Venezuela)

^f Hospital Miguel Perez Carreno   (Venezuela)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84863684853     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001707     Document Type: Article

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