Mammalian cell invasion and intracellular trafficking by Trypanosoma cruzi infective forms

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Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease, occurs as different strains or isolates that may be grouped in two major phylogenetic lineages: T. cruzi I, associated with the sylvatic cycle and T. cruzi II, linked to the human disease. In the mammalian host the parasite has to invade cells and many studies implicated the flagellated trypomastigotes in this process. Several parasite surface components...

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