An isoenzyme survey of Trypanosoma cruzi genetic variability in sylvatic cycles from French Guiana.

doi:10.1006/expr.1995.1088

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An isoenzyme survey of Trypanosoma cruzi genetic variability in sylvatic cycles from French Guiana.

Experimental parasitology - 1 Aug 1995

Lewicka K, Breniere-Campana S F, Barnabe C, Dedet J P, Tibayrenc M

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Twenty-seven trypanosomatidae stocks isolated from various hosts in French Guiana have been surveyed by Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis on cellulose acetate plates. The variability observed at 22 different enzyme systems was considerable, since 21 different enzyme profiles (zymodemes) could be...

Topics

Animals
Chagas Disease
French Guiana
Genetic Variation
Humans
Isoenzymes
Opossums
Pan troglodytes
Phylogeny
Rhodnius
Saimiri
Terminology as Topic
Triatoma
Trypanosoma cruzi

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