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Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from Chile are heterogeneous and composed of mixed populations when characterized by schizodeme and Southern analyses.
Parasitology - 1 Feb 2004
Torres J P, Ortiz S, Muñoz S, Solari A
Abstract excerpt
In total, 61 Chilean isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi, were analysed using schizodeme and Southern analysis, using as probes the highly variable regions of minicircles from cloned parasites. Isolates were collected and amplified from domestic and wild triatomines, and from infected subjects in all the endemic areas of Chile. Three major parasite genotypes could be detected in the domestic transmission cycle, whilst...
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