The population structure of Trypanosoma cruzi: expanded analysis of 54 strains using eight polymorphic CA-repeat microsatellites

Recently we cloned and sequenced the first eight Trypanosoma cruzi polymorphic microsatellite loci and studied 31 clones and strains to obtain valuable information about the population structure of the parasite. We have now studied 23 further strains, increasing from 11 to 31 the number of strains o...

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Main Authors: Riva P Oliveira, Anna Izabel R Melo, Andréa M Macedo, Egler Chiari, Sérgio DJ Pena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1999-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761999000700006