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Origins of Chagas disease: Didelphis species are natural hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi I and armadillos hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi II, including hybrids.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Feb 2005
Yeo Matthew, Acosta Nidia, Llewellyn Martin, Sánchez Humberto, Adamson Susie, Miles Graham A J, López Elsa, González Nilsa, Patterson James S, Gaunt Michael W, de Arias Antonieta Rojas, Miles Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, has at least two principal intraspecific subdivisions, T. cruzi I (TCI) and T. cruzi II (TCII), the latter containing up to five subgroups (a-e). Whilst it is known that TCI predominates from the Amazon basin northwards and TCII to the South, where the disease is considered to be clinically more severe, the precise clinical and evolutionary significance of...
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