Isolation of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in 4,000-year-old mummified human tissue from northern Chile
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5233071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F G??hl, F G hl (Universidad de los Andes), Christian Jaramillo (Universidad de los Andes), Gustavo Adolfo Vallejo (0000-0002-9701-9140, University of Tolima), Roxana Yockteng (0000-0003-2133-6139, Universidad de los Andes), F Cárdenas‐arroyo, F Cárdenas-Arroyo (Universidad de los Andes), G Fornaciari (0000-0002-1334-1707, University of Pisa), B Arriaza (0000-0001-9921-9253, University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Arthur C Aufderheide (University of Minnesota, Duluth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 401-407 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199904)108:4<401::aid-ajpa2>3.3.co;2-g |
| OpenAlex | W4248864326 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
A segment of DNA unique to the kinetoplast of Trypanosoma cruzi was isolated from spontaneously mummified human remains from the coastal area of northern Chile at sites dated from 2000 bc to about ad 1400. Following rehydration of the desiccated human tissue samples of heart, esophagus, or colon, the samples were extracted and primers employed to bind to a 330 bp kinetoplast minicircle DNA sequence present in T. cruzi. This segment was then amplified using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the target segment was visualized by gel electrophoresis. This method enables the identification of Chagas' disease in an ancient body in the absence of recognizable anatomic pathological changes. Am J Phys Anthropol 108:401–407, 1999. © 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Ancient DNA · Biology · Chagas disease · DNA · Gene · Kinetoplast · Kinetoplastida · Minicircle · Parasite hosting · Polymerase chain reaction · Trypanosoma cruzi · Genetics · Molecular Biology · Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics · Trypanosoma species research and implications · Virology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2011 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |