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Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DTUs TcI and TcIV in two outbreaks of orally-transmitted Chagas disease in the Northern region of Brazil.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2023
Freitas Vera Lúcia Teixeira de, Piotto Mariana Ramos, Esper Helena Rangel, Nakanishi Erika Yoshie Shimoda, Fonseca Claudia de Abreu, Assy João Guilherme Pontes Lima, Berreta Olívia Campos Pinheiro, França Francisco Oscar de Siqueira, Lopes Marta Heloísa
Abstract excerpt
This study describes the laboratory investigation of two acute Chagas disease outbreaks that occurred in the riverside communities of Marimarituba and Cachoeira do Arua, in the Santarem municipality, Para State, located in the Northern region of Brazil, and occurred in March 2016 and August 2017, respectively. The generation of data regarding the diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites circulating in the Amazon...
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