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Biological, biochemical and molecular features of Trypanosoma cruzi strains isolated from patients infected through oral transmission during a 2005 outbreak in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil: its correspondence with the new T. cruzi Taxonomy Consensus (2009).
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Dec 2011
Andrade Sonia Gumes, Campos Rozália Figueira, Steindel Mario, Guerreiro Marcos Lázaro, Magalhães Juracy Barbosa, Almeida Marcio Cerqueira de, Reis Joice Neves, Santos Viviane Corrêa, Valadares Helder Magno Silva, Reis Mitermayer Galvão dos, Macedo Andréa Mara
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We examined strains of Trypanosoma cruzi isolated from patients with acute Chagas disease that had been acquired by oral transmission in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil (2005) and two isolates that had been obtained from a marsupial (Didelphis aurita) and a vector (Triatoma tibiamaculata). These strains were characterised through their biological behaviour and isoenzymic profiles and genotyped according to...
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