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TcI/TcII co-infection can enhance Trypanosoma cruzi growth in Rhodnius prolixus.
Parasites & vectors - 4 Mar 2014
Araújo Catarina A C, Waniek Peter J, Jansen Ana M
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BACKGROUND: Rhodnius prolixus is an obligate haematophagous insect and one of the most important vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease in the Americas. T. cruzi is a highly variable parasite which is not transmitted in the same efficiency by the different triatomine vectors. Because different T. cruzi genotypes are aetiopathologically divergent, further elucidation of the...
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