A mini-exon multiplex polymerase chain reaction to distinguish the major groups of Trypanosoma cruzi and T. rangeli in the Brazilian Amazon

Octavio Fernandas, S. S. Santos, Elisa Cupolillo, Berenice B. Mendonça, R. Derre, Angela C. V. Junqueira, Laura Cristina Santos, Nancy R. Sturm, R. D. Naiff, T. V. Barret,

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2001 · 184 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

0. Fernandesi*3, S. S. Santos’, E. CupoUlo’, B. Mendonga’, R. Derre3, A. C. V. Junqueira’, L. C. Santos’, N. R. Sturm4, R. l3. NaifP, T. V. Barret’, Il. A. Campbell4 and J. R. Coura’ ‘Department of Tropical Medicine and 2Department of Imw~nunology, Instiwo OswaEdo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3DepaPtment of Pathology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 4Department of Microbiology, InwunoZogy and MolecuZar Genetics, Uv 51nstituto National de Pesquisas da AmazBnia, INPA, Manaus, Brazil Keywords:Americantrypanosomiasis, Chagasdisease,

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