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Ecological host fitting of Trypanosoma cruzi TcI in Bolivia: mosaic population structure, hybridization and a role for humans in Andean parasite dispersal.
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2015
Messenger Louisa A, Garcia Lineth, Vanhove Mathieu, Huaranca Carlos, Bustamante Marinely, Torrico Marycruz, Torrico Faustino, Miles Michael A, Llewellyn Martin S
Abstract excerpt
An improved understanding of how a parasite species exploits its genetic repertoire to colonize novel hosts and environmental niches is crucial to establish the epidemiological risk associated with emergent pathogenic genotypes. Trypanosoma cruzi, a genetically heterogeneous, multi-host zoonosis, provides an ideal system to examine the sylvatic diversification of parasitic protozoa. In Bolivia, T. cruzi I, the...
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