title: Trypanosoma cruzi: sensitivity of the polymerase chain reaction for detecting the parasite in the blood of mice infected with different clonal genotypes.
abstract: The polymerase chain reaction showed high sensitivity for detecting Trypanosoma cruzi in the blood of mice, independent of clonal genotype (19, 20-T. cruzi I; 32, 39-T. cruzi II) or phase of the infection (acute or chronic).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Laboratório de Parasitologia Básica, Bloco I-90, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, 87020-900, C.P. 331, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Marangon
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bahia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lana
authors.forename: M J O
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Toledo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D018105:DNA, Kinetoplast / Q000097:blood; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000592:standards*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D018105:DNA, Kinetoplast; D016054:DNA, Protozoan