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Different behavior of two Trypanosoma cruzi major clones: transmission and circulation in young Bolivian patients.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Jul 1998
Brenière S F, Bosseno M F, Telleria J, Bastrenta B, Yacsik N, Noireau F, Alcazar J L, Barnabé C, Wincker P, Tibayrenc M
Abstract excerpt
Specificity of two widespread Trypanosoma cruzi clonal genotypes or "clonets" (20 and 39) was first analyzed by hybridization with a large set of T. cruzi stocks characterized by multigenic study relying on both MLEE and RAPD. Then, these clonets were detected in the blood of Chagasic children from a Bolivian endemic area by a combination of polymerase chain reaction and clonet-specific DNA hybridization. The...
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