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Genotype and virulence correlation within Mexican stocks of Trypanosoma cruzi isolated from patients.
Acta tropica - 15 Jun 1998
Espinoza B, Vera-Cruz J M, González H, Ortega E, Hernández R
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Five Trypanosoma cruzi stocks were isolated from infected patients in the central state of Jalisco, Mexico. Parasites were isolated by direct inoculation of infected blood into BALB/c mice. The five stocks of T. cruzi were analyzed for in vitro growth, and for virulence and parasitic load in vivo. Furthermore, a genetic analysis based on restriction fragment length polymorphism associated with a repetitive...
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