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Microsatellite and mini-exon analysis of Mexican human DTU I Trypanosoma cruzi strains and their susceptibility to nifurtimox and benznidazole.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Mar 2013
Martínez Ignacio, Nogueda Benjamín, Martínez-Hernández Fernando, Espinoza Bertha
Abstract excerpt
Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and it affects as many as 10 million people in North and South America, where it represents a major public health problem. T. cruzi is a parasite with high genetic diversity, and it has been grouped into 6 discrete typing units (DTUs), designated as T. cruzi I (TcI) to T. cruzi VI (TcVI). Mexican isolates from humans and from vector insects...
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