Random amplified polymorphic DNA profiles of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from chagasic patients with different clinical forms.
Parasitol Res 2006;
98:455-61. [PMID:
16416119 DOI:
10.1007/s00436-005-0043-5]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2005] [Accepted: 09/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The genetic variability of 61 Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from 47 chronic chagasic patients of Minas Gerais state was analyzed by random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) using M13-40, lambdagt11-F, and L15996 primers. Cluster analysis by unweighted pair group method analysis was applied to RAPD profiles, and cluster analysis used to verify a possible correlation among different clinical forms of the disease from these patients. The T. cruzi isolates showed distinct grouping on tree topology, with the isolates not being possible to establish a correlation to the clinical forms of Chagas' disease. These data showed that the T. cruzi isolates from these patients would compose a group of populations well correlated genetically.
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