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Biological characterization and genetic diversity of Mexican isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Acta tropica - 1 Jun 1998
López-Olmos V, Pérez-Nasser N, Piñero D, Ortega E, Hernandez R, Espinoza B
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The present work reports the in vitro biological characterization of 17 Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from southern and central México, and compares these results to those of four South American strains and one clone from Brazil. The parameters evaluated were growth rates, percentage of parasites undergoing transformation from epimastigotes to trypomastigotes, infectivity to, and in vitro killing of cultured Vero...
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