Distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units in Bolivian migrants in Spain

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 440-442

  Perez Molina, José A ^a   Poveda, Cristina ^b   Martinez Perez, Angela ^a   Guhl, Felipe ^b   Monge Maillo, Begoña ^a   Fresno, Manuel ^c   López Velez, Rogelio ^a   Ramírez, Juan D ^b   Girones, Nuria ^c  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Discrete typing units; Migration; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; RIBOSOME DNA; SATELLITE DNA; HELMINTH DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISCRETE TYPING UNIT; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HUMAN; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, HELMINTH; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; SPAIN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892863887     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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