Human mixed infections of Leishmania spp. and Leishmania-Trypanosoma cruzi in a sub Andean Bolivian area: identification by polymerase chain reaction/hybridization and isoenzyme

Parasites belonging to Leishmania braziliensis, Leishmania donovani, Leishmania mexicana complexes and Trypanosoma cruzi (clones 20 and 39) were searched in blood, lesions and strains collected from 28 patients with active cutaneous leishmaniasis and one patient with visceral leishmaniasis. PCR-hybr...

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Main Authors: B Bastrenta, N Mita, R Buitrago, F Vargas, M Flores, M Machane, N Yacsik, M Torrez, F Le Pont, F Brenière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-03-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000200015