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Trypanosoma cruzi clonal diversity and the epidemiology of Chagas' disease.
Microbes and infection - 1 Apr 2003
Buscaglia Carlos A, Di Noia Javier M
Abstract excerpt
Chagas' disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and it has a variable clinical outcome. The basis for this variability relies in part on the complexity of the parasite population consisting of multiple clones displaying distinct biological properties. A major current challenge is to correlate parasite genetic variability with pathogenesis.
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