Trypanosoma cruzi: genetic structure of populations and relevance of genetic variability to the pathogenesis of chagas disease
Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, has a variable clinical course, ranging from symptomless infection to severe chronic disease with cardiovascular or gastrointestinal involvement or, occasionally, overwhelming acute episodes. The factors influencing this clinical variability...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2004-02-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000100001 |