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Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from a geographically restricted endemic area for Chagas' disease in Argentina.
International journal for parasitology - 15 Sept 2003
Diosque Patricio, Barnabé Christian, Padilla Angel M, Marco Jorge D, Cardozo Rubén M, Cimino Rubén O, Nasser Julio R, Tibayrenc Michel, Basombrío Miguel A
Abstract excerpt
A set of 65 Trypanosoma cruzi stocks from dogs, opossums, insect vectors and humans was isolated in a geographically restricted endemic area for Chagas' disease in Argentina and was analysed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis for 15 loci. The results show that at least five multilocus genotypes (clonets) circulate in the study area, one belonging to T. cruzi IIe, one to T. cruzi IId and three clonets belonging...
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