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Genotypic variation among lineages of Trypanosoma cruzi and its geographic aspects.
Parasitology international - 1 Dec 2004
Higo Hiroo, Miura Sachio, Horio Masahiro, Mimori Tatsuyuki, Hamano Shinjiro, Agatsuma Takeshi, Yanagi Tetsuo, Cruz-Reyes Arejandro, Uyema Norma, Rojas de Arias A, Matta Vivian, Akahane Hiroshige, Hirayama Kenji, Takeuchi Tsutomu, Tada Isao, Himeno Kunisuke
Abstract excerpt
Isozyme analysis with 18 enzyme loci was conducted on 146 isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi from Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Chile. Forty-four different MLGs (groups of isolates with identical multilocus genotypes) were identified and a phylogeny was constructed. The phylogenetic tree consisted of two main groups (T. cruzi I, T. cruzi II), and the latter was further...
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