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Reconsideration of the seven discrete typing units within the species Trypanosoma cruzi, a new proposal of three reliable mitochondrial clades.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2016
Barnabé Christian, Mobarec Hugo Ignacio, Jurado Marcelo Roman, Cortez Jacqueline Andrea, Brenière Simone Frédérique
Abstract excerpt
It is generally acknowledged that Trypanosoma cruzi, responsible for Chagas disease, is structured into six or seven distinct discrete typing units (DTUs), and termed TcI through TcVI and TcBat for the seventh, by a collective of researchers. However, such structuring can be validated only when the species is analyzed over its entire distribution area with the same genetic markers. Many works have dealt with...
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