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Trypanosoma cruzi I genotype among isolates from patients with chronic Chagas disease followed at the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (FIOCRUZ, Brazil).
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Oliveira Tatiana da Silva Fonseca de, Santos Barbara Neves Dos, Galdino Tainah Silva, Hasslocher-Moreno Alejandro Marcel, Bastos Otilio Machado Pereira, Sousa Maria Auxiliadora de
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INTRODUCTION:: Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas disease in humans, mainly in Latin America. Trypanosome stocks were isolated by hemoculture from patients followed at Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (FIOCRUZ) and studied using different approaches. METHODS:: For species and genotype identification, the stocks were analyzed by parasitological techniques, polymerase chain...
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