Parasite persistence in treated chagasic patients revealed by xenodiagnosis and polymerase chain reaction
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was compared with xenodiagnosis performed 20 years after trypanocidal chemotherapy to investigate parasite clearance. Eighty-five seropositive individuals for Chagas disease presenting a positive xenodiagnosis were treated with specific drugs; 37 in the acute phase an...
| Main Authors: | Britto, Constança, Silveira, Celeste Aída Nogueira, Cardoso, Maria Angelica, Marques, Patricia, Ostermayer, Alejandro Luquetti, Macêdo, Vanize de Oliveira, Fernandes, Octavio |
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| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2017
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http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/25702 https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762001000600014 |
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