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Evidence of Trypanosoma cruzi II infection in Colombian chagasic patients.
Parasitology research - 1 Aug 2008
Zafra German, Mantilla Julio Cesar, Valadares Helder Magno, Macedo Andrea Mara, González Clara Isabel
Abstract excerpt
Trypanosoma cruzi is genetically classified into at least two major lineages named T. cruzi I (also named Tc I) and T. cruzi II (also named Tc IIb). T. cruzi II is associated with Chagas' disease in the southern cone of South America, while T. cruzi I is the only one so far identified in chagasic patients of Central America and in the northern part of South America. Herein we identified T. cruzi IIb directly in...
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