Open AccessTrypanosoma cruzi: um parasita, dois parasitas ou vários parasitas da doença de chagas?
Author(s) -
Bianca Zingales
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
revista da biologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1984-5154
DOI - 10.7594/revbio.6b.09
Subject(s) - trypanosoma cruzi , chagas disease , physics , biology , virology , parasite hosting , computer science , world wide web
Trypanosoma cruzi shows extremely high levels of genetic diversity and many molecular markers can be used to genotype the parasite strains into various subgroups. Here, the evolution and population structure of T. cruzi are reviewed along with the implications in the epidemiology of Chagas disease.
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