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Chagas' disease and HIV co-infection: genotypic characterization of the Trypanosoma cruzi strain.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Jan 2000
Pacheco R S, Ferreira M S, Machado M I, Brito C M, Pires M Q, Da-Cruz A M, Coutinho S G
Abstract excerpt
In the past few years, new aspects of the immunopathology of Chagas' disease have been described in immunosuppressed patients, such as fatal central nervous system lesions related to the reactivation of the parasite. This article is the first description of the genotypic characterization, at the strain level, of Trypanosoma cruzi isolated from a patient with Chagas' disease/AIDS co-infection. The presence of four...
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