Populational heterogeneity of Brazilian Trypanosoma cruzi isolates revealed by the mini-exon and ribosomal spacers.
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Departamento de Medicina Tropical **Departamento de Protozoologia ***Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil *Departamento de Patologia, Uerj, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil ****Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA *****Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
دوره 94 Suppl 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999