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Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing unit TcIV implicated in a case of acute Chagas disease in a domiciliated dog in the western Amazon.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2021
Vasconcelos Luciene Almeida Siqueira de, Oliveira Josué Costa, Silva Junior Rubens Celso Andrade da, Justiniano Silvia Cássia Brandão, Souza Éder Dos Santos, Magalhães Laylah Kelre Costa, Silveira Henrique, Silva George Allan Villarouco da, Guerra Jorge Augusto de Oliveira, Guerra Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa
Abstract excerpt
Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Seven lineages have been identified based on different molecular markers, namely TcI, TcII, TcIII, TcIV, TcV, TcVI, and TcBat. Dogs play the role of epidemiological sentinels being domestic reservoirs of T. cruzi. The aim of the current study was to report the first case of CD in a domestic dog in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, infected with T. cruzi DTU...
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