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High-Resolution Molecular Typing of Trypanosoma cruzi in 2 Large Outbreaks of Acute Chagas Disease in Colombia.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Oct 2016
Hernández Carolina, Vera Mauricio Javier, Cucunubá Zulma, Flórez Carolina, Cantillo Omar, Buitrago Luz Stella, González Marina Stella, Ardila Susanne, Dueñas Liliana Zuleta, Tovar Rubén, Forero Luis Fernando, Ramírez Juan David
Abstract excerpt
Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi has gained relevance because of its association with high morbidity and lethality rates. This transmission route is responsible for maintaining the infection of the parasite in sylvatic cycles, and human cases have been associated mainly with the consumption of food contaminated with triatomine feces or didelphid secretions. Several ecological changes allow the intrusion of...
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