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Repertoire, genealogy and genomic organization of cruzipain and homologous genes in Trypanosoma cruzi, T. cruzi-like and other trypanosome species.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Lima Luciana, Ortiz Paola A, da Silva Flávia Maia, Alves João Marcelo P, Serrano Myrna G, Cortez Alane P, Alfieri Silvia C, Buck Gregory A, Teixeira Marta M G
Abstract excerpt
Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, is a complex of genetically diverse isolates highly phylogenetically related to T. cruzi-like species, Trypanosoma cruzi marinkellei and Trypanosoma dionisii, all sharing morphology of blood and culture forms and development within cells. However, they differ in hosts, vectors and pathogenicity: T. cruzi is a human pathogen infective to virtually all mammals whilst...
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