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CONGENITAL CHAGAS DISEASE IN BOLIVIA IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH DNA POLYMORPHISM OF TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI
1 Nov 2006
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This study aims to typify the Trypanosoma cruzi (sub)lineage(s) in umbilical cord blood of congenitally infected Bolivian newborns, using PCR amplifications of "Region Markers", mini-exon or kDNA fragments followed by hybridization or sequencing. New probes were also designed to distinguish three variants within the TcIId sublineage. The IIb, IId, or IIe T. cruzi sublineages, as well as different variants of the...
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