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Host cell invasion and oral infection by Trypanosoma cruzi strains of genetic groups TcI and TcIV from chagasic patients.
Parasites & vectors - 1 Apr 2016
Maeda Fernando Yukio, Clemente Tatiana Mordente, Macedo Silene, Cortez Cristian, Yoshida Nobuko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of acute Chagas disease by oral infection have been reported frequently over the last ten years, with higher incidence in northern South America, where Trypanosoma cruzi lineage TcI predominates, being responsible for the major cause of resurgent human disease, and a small percentage is identified as TcIV. Mechanisms of oral infection and host-cell invasion by these parasites are poorly...
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