First Report of Human Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Attributed to TcBat Genotype

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 477-479

  Ramirez J D ^a   Hernandez C ^a   Montilla, M ^a   Zambrano, P ^a   Florez A C ^a   Parra, E ^a   Cucunuba Z M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bats; Chagas disease; Discrete typing units; Genotypes; Human infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MIXED INFECTION; PANSTRONGYLUS; PANSTRONGYLUS GENICULATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; SEROLOGY; TISSUE INJURY; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA; TRIATOMA MACULATA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; BAT; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHIROPTERA; COLOMBIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84907960303     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12094     Document Type: Article

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