Severe digestive pathology associated with chronic Chaga's disease in Ecuador: report of two cases
DNA extracted from peripheral blood of two Ecuadorian patients showing severe digestive pathology was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction using a Trypanosoma cruzi specific oligonucleotide primers derived from the primary sequence of a cDNA encoding for a 24 kDa excretory/secretory protein. The positive PCR results together with the clinical findings confirmed that both patients had a digestive pathology due to Chagas' disease. This pathology could be more frequent than previously described in the chagasic endemic regions of Andean countries.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
1997
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821997000500007 |
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