Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 378-382 , July 2002

Trypanosoma cruzi isoenzyme variability in Ecuador: first observation of zymodeme III genotypes in chronic chagasic patients

  • E.A. Garzón

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Biología Molecular Tropical, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador
    • IRD-UR008, Pathogénie des Trypanosomatides, Centre IRD, B.P. 5045, 34032 Montpellier Cedex 01, France
    • Joint first authors.
    • ,
  • C. Barnabé

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche 062, Génétique des Maladies Infectieuses, Unité Mixte de Recherche 9926, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre IRD, B.P. 5045, 34032 Montpellier Cedex 01, France
    • Joint first authors.
    • ,
  • X. Córdova

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Investigations, Vozandes Community Services, Hospital Vozandes, Villalengua 267 y 10 de Agosto, Casilla 17-17-691, Quito, Ecuador
    • ,
  • C. Bowen

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Investigations, Vozandes Community Services, Hospital Vozandes, Villalengua 267 y 10 de Agosto, Casilla 17-17-691, Quito, Ecuador
    • ,
  • W. Paredes

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Investigations, Vozandes Community Services, Hospital Vozandes, Villalengua 267 y 10 de Agosto, Casilla 17-17-691, Quito, Ecuador
    • ,
  • E. Gómez

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Biología Molecular Tropical, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador
    • ,
  • A. Ouaissi

      Affiliations

    • IRD-UR008, Pathogénie des Trypanosomatides, Centre IRD, B.P. 5045, 34032 Montpellier Cedex 01, France
    • ,
  • M. Tibayrenc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAuthor for correspondence: phone +33 (0)4 67 41 62 07, fax +33 (0)4 67 41 62 99.
    • Unité de Recherche 062, Génétique des Maladies Infectieuses, Unité Mixte de Recherche 9926, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre IRD, B.P. 5045, 34032 Montpellier Cedex 01, France
    • ,
  • A.G. Guevara

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Biología Molecular Tropical, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador
    • Laboratory of Clinical Investigations, Vozandes Community Services, Hospital Vozandes, Villalengua 267 y 10 de Agosto, Casilla 17-17-691, Quito, Ecuador

Received 12 February 2001 ,Revised 15 January 2002 ,Accepted 16 January 2002.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 378-382 , July 2002

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