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Differential Expression of a Virulence Factor, the<i>trans‐</i>Sialidase, by the Main<i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>Phylogenetic Lineages
2 Jun 2004
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The clinical outcome of Chagas disease is highly variable, mainly because of the heterogeneity of Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite for which 2 major phylogenetic groups (I and II) were recently defined. Epidemiological and immunological data indicate that the prevalence of T. cruzi II in patients living in the southern cone of South America correlates with the alterations caused by Chagas disease. We report here...
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