Semisolid liver infusion tryptose supplemented with human urine allows growth and isolation of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli clonal lineages

Abstract: INTRODUCTION This work shows that 3% (v/v) human urine (HU) in semisolid Liver Infusion Tryptose (SSL) medium favors the growth of Trypanosoma cruzi and T. rangeli. METHODS Parasites were plated as individual or mixed strains on SSL medium and on SSL medium with 3% human urine (SSL-HU)...

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Main Authors: Emanuella Francisco Fajardo, Marlene Cabrine-Santos, Keila Adriana Magalhães Ferreira, Eliane Lages-Silva, Luis Eduardo Ramírez, André Luiz Pedrosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2016-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000300369&lng=en&tlng=en