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Genetic heterogeneity in Trypanosoma cruzi strains from naturally infected triatomine vectors in northeastern Brazil: epidemiological implications.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Oct 2005
Pacheco Raquel S, de Brito Célia M Marques, Sarquis Otilia, Pires Marize Q, Borges-Pereira José, Lima Marli M
Abstract excerpt
Eighteen Trypanosoma cruzi strains isolated from naturally infected triatomines were studied genetically. The majority of the strains were from Triatoma brasiliensis, the principal vector of Chagas disease in the northeast of Brazil. Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MLEE) and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analyses were used to investigate the genotypic diversity and the spread of the T. cruzi...
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