Drug discovery for Chagas disease should consider Trypanosoma cruzi strain diversity

This opinion piece presents an approach to standardisation of an important aspect of Chagas disease drug discovery and development: selecting Trypanosoma cruzi strains for in vitro screening. We discuss the rationale for strain selection representing T. cruzi diversity and provide recommendations on...

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Main Authors: Bianca Zingales, Michael A Miles, Carolina B Moraes, Alejandro Luquetti, Felipe Guhl, Alejandro G Schijman, Isabela Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000600828&lng=en&tlng=en