Bioluminescent imaging of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Rhodnius prolixus

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Henriques, Cristina ^a   Castro, Daniele P ^b   Gomes, Leonardo H F ^b   Garcia, Eloi S ^b   De Souza, Wanderley ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Bioluminescent imaging; Chagas diseases; Luciferase; Rhodnius prolixus; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENT IMAGING; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLONE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE; GENOME; IMAGING; INSECT; INTESTINE; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PROTOZOON; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PARASITOLOGY; RHODNIUS; STAINING AND LABELING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866544841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-214     Document Type: Article

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