Trypanosoma cruzi: compared vectorial transmissibility of three major clonal genotypes by Triatoma infestans.

doi:10.1006/expr.1998.4304

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Trypanosoma cruzi: compared vectorial transmissibility of three major clonal genotypes by Triatoma infestans.

Experimental parasitology - 1 Sept 1998

de Lana M, da Silveira Pinto A, Barnabé C, Quesney V, Noël S, Tibayrenc M

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Twenty Trypanosoma cruzi stocks attributed to the 19/20, 32, and 39 major clones (Tibayrenc et al. 1986) were used to infect experimentally third instar larvae of Triatoma infestans. Three variables were considered: (i) percentage of infected insects; (ii) number of flagellates per insect (NFI);...

Topics

Animals
Chagas Disease
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Humans
Insect Vectors
Larva
South America
Triatoma
Trypanosoma cruzi

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