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Pre-Columbian Chagas disease in Brazil: Trypanosoma cruzi I in the archaeological remains of a human in Peruaçu Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Aug 2008

Fernandes Alexandre, Iñiguez Alena M, Lima Valdirene S, Souza Sheila M F Mendonça de, Ferreira Luiz Fernando, Vicente Ana Carolina P, Jansen Ana M

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We evaluated the presence and distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in a mummy presenting with megacolon that was dated as approximately 560 +/- 40 years old. The mummy was from the Peruaçu Valley in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. All samples were positive for T. cruzi minicircle DNA, demonst...

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PMID: 18797771
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762008000500021

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