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Direct analysis of genetic variability in Trypanosoma cruzi populations from tissues of Colombian chagasic patients.
Human pathology - 1 Aug 2011
Zafra German, Mantilla Julio Cesar, Jácome Jesús, Macedo Andréa Mara, González Clara Isabel
Abstract excerpt
The clinical symptoms of Chagas disease are highly variable and are correlated with geographical distribution and parasite genetic group. Trypanosoma cruzi group I is associated with chagasic cardiomyopathy in Colombia and other countries in northern South America. However, in southern South America, T cruzi group II predominates and is associated with cardiomyopathy and digestive forms of the disease. The aim of...
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