Article
Within-host temporal fluctuations of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units: the case of the wild reservoir rodent Octodon degus.
Parasites & vectors - 7 Aug 2017
Rojo Gemma, Sandoval-Rodríguez Alejandra, López Angélica, Ortiz Sylvia, Correa Juana P, Saavedra Miguel, Botto-Mahan Carezza, Cattan Pedro E, Solari Aldo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is considered a major public health problem in America. After an acute phase the disease changes to a chronic phase with very low parasitemia. The parasite presents high genetic variability with seven discrete typing units (DTUs): TcI-TcVI and Tc bat. The aim of this work is to evaluate fluctuation of parasitemia and T. cruzi DTUs in naturally infected...
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