Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay Using TaqMan Probes for the Identification of Trypanosoma cruzi DTUs in Biological and Clinical Samples

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Cura, Carolina I ^a   Duffy, Tomas ^a   Lucero, Raúl H ^b   Bisio, Margarita ^a   Péneau, Julie ^c   Jimenez Coello, Matilde ^d   Calabuig, Eva ^e   Gimenez, María J ^e   Valencia Ayala, Edward ^f   Kjos, Sonia A ^g   Santalla, José ^h   Mahaney, Susan M ⁱ   Cayo, Nelly M ^j   Nagel, Claudia ^k   Barcán, Laura ^l   Málaga Machaca, Edith S ^f   Acosta Viana, Karla Y ^d   Brutus, Laurent ^m   Ocampo, Susana B ^j   Aznar, Christine ^c   Cuba Cuba, Cesar A ⁿ   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^o   Ramsey, Janine M ^p   Ribeiro, Isabela ^q   VandeBerg, John L ⁱ   Yadon, Zaida E ^r   Osuna, Antonio ^s   Schijman, Alejandro G ^a   more..

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^c Laboratoire Hospitalier et Universitaire CH Andrée Rosemon   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^h Laboratorio de Parasitología   (Bolivia)

ⁱ SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^l HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^m INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^o UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^p INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^q Drugs and Neglected Diseases Initiative   (Switzerland)

^r WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^s UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84930679386     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003765     Document Type: Article

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