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Interactions Between Trypanosoma cruzi the Chagas Disease Parasite and Naturally Infected Wild Mepraia Vectors of Chile.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Mar 2016
Campos-Soto Ricardo, Ortiz Sylvia, Cordova Ivan, Bruneau Nicole, Botto-Mahan Carezza, Solari Aldo
Abstract excerpt
Chagas disease, which ranks among the world's most neglected diseases, is a chronic, systemic, parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Mepraia species are the wild vectors of this parasite in Chile. Host-parasite interactions can occur at several levels, such as co-speciation and ecological host fitting, among others. Thus, we are exploring the interactions between T. cruzi circulating in...
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