Biological, biochemical and molecular features of Trypanosoma cruzi strains isolated from patients infected through oral transmission during a 2005 outbreak in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil: its correspondence with the new T. cruzi Taxonomy Consensus (2009)

Biological, biochemical and molecular features of Trypanosoma cruzi strains isolated from patients infected through oral transmission during a 2005 outbreak in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil: its correspondence with the new T. cruzi Taxonomy Consensus (2009)

We examined strains of Trypanosoma cruzi isolated from patients with acute Chagas disease that had been acquired by oral transmission in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil (2005) and two isolates that had been obtained from a marsupial (Didelphis aurita) and a vector (Triatoma tibiamaculata). These...

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Main Authors: Sonia Gumes Andrade, Rozália Figueira Campos, Mario Steindel, Marcos Lázaro Guerreiro, Juracy Barbosa Magalhães, Marcio Cerqueira de Almeida, Joice Neves Reis, Viviane Corrêa Santos, Helder Magno Silva Valadares, Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis, Andréa Mara Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2011-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Trypanosoma cruzi strains
oral transmission
biodemes
genotyping
Taxonomy Consensus 2009
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