| [natural infection of calomys musculinus (rodentia, cricetidae) by trypanosoma cruzi]. | in the rural area of las higueras, río cuarto, córdoba, argentina, a trypanosoma was isolated from a wild rodent (c. musculinus). the trypanosome was classified as trypanosoma cruzi because of the following characteristics: morphology as described by hoare for the schizotrypanum sub-genus: thin shaped, pointed back end, nucleus placed approximately in the middle of the body, prominent and subterminal kinetoplast and short free flagellum. the size measurements were as follows: total lengh 22.02 + ... | 1977 | 408884 |
| [present status of zoonotic hemorrhagic fevers of south america]. | since 1958, the geographical distribution of argentine hemorrhagic fever (ahf) has especially extended non only into the province of buenos aires but also towards the provinces of santa fe and cordoba, leading to an estimated population at risk of about 1.2 m inhabitants. recent epidemiological field studies has confirmed the major role of calomys musculinus and c. laucha rodents in both transmission to man and conservation of junin virus in nature. however, the human infection may result essent ... | 1993 | 7819800 |
| genetic diversity of the junin virus in argentina: geographic and temporal patterns. | rna was purified from 39 strains of cell-cultured junin virus (jun) from central argentina, which included both human- and rodent-derived isolates (a total of 26 and 13, respectively), as well as from 2 laboratory jun strains, xj cl3 and xj #44. jun-specific primers were used to amplify a 511-nucleotide (nt) fragment of the nucleocapsid protein gene and a 495-nt fragment of the glycoprotein 1 (gp1) gene. genetic diversity among jun strains studied was up to 13% at the nt level and up to 9% at th ... | 2000 | 10873755 |