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Alternative lifestyles: the population structure of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Acta tropica - 1 Jan 2000
Sturm Nancy R, Campbell David A
Abstract excerpt
The genetic palette from which the spectrum of variability in Trypanosoma cruzi has been drawn is astonishingly limited. In this review we address the roots of this unusual pedigree and the usefulness of various taxonomic markers in relation to the manifestation of clinical disease and the geographic distribution of the parasite. The circumstances leading to the population structure of the extant strains were...
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