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New insights into the evolution of the Trypanosoma cruzi clade provided by a new trypanosome species tightly linked to Neotropical Pteronotus bats and related to an Australian lineage of trypanosomes.
Parasites & vectors - 23 Dec 2015
Lima Luciana, Espinosa-Álvarez Oneida, Pinto C Miguel, Cavazzana Manzelio, Pavan Ana Carolina, Carranza Julio C, Lim Burton K, Campaner Marta, Takata Carmen S A, Camargo Erney P, Hamilton Patrick B, Teixeira Marta M G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bat trypanosomes are implicated in the evolution of the T. cruzi clade, which harbours most African, European and American trypanosomes from bats and other trypanosomes from African, Australian and American terrestrial mammals, including T. cruzi and T. rangeli, the agents of the American human trypanosomiasis. The diversity of bat trypanosomes globally is still poorly understood, and the common...
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