title: The detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in Triatoma infestans: comparison of a PCR-based assay with microscopical examination.
authors.affiliation: LIM/36, Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Dr Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar 647, CEP 05403-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. lmabraz@usp.br
authors.forename: L M A
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Braz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raiz
authors.forename: Amato
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neto
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Amato Neto
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Alárcon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gakyia
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Okay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D014224:Triatoma / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D016054:DNA, Protozoan