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Experimental evidence of biological interactions among different isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi from the Chaco Region.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Ragone Paula G, Pérez Brandán Cecilia, Monje Rumi Mercedes, Tomasini Nicolás, Lauthier Juan J, Cimino Rubén O, Uncos Alejandro, Ramos Federico, Alberti D'Amato Anahí M, Basombrío Miguel A, Diosque Patricio
Abstract excerpt
Many infectious diseases arise from co-infections or re-infections with more than one genotype of the same pathogen. These mixed infections could alter host fitness, the severity of symptoms, success in pathogen transmission and the epidemiology of the disease. Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease, exhibits a high biological variability often correlated with its genetic diversity. Here, we...
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