Trypanosoma cruzi strains isolated from human, vector, and animal reservoir in the same endemic region in Mexico and typed as T. cruzi I, discrete typing unit 1 exhibit considerable biological diversity

In this study, three strains of Trypanosoma cruzi were isolated at the same time and in the same endemic region in Mexico from a human patient with chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (RyC-H); vector (Triatoma barberi) (RyC-V); and rodent reservoir (Peromyscus peromyscus) (RyC-R). The three strains were...

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Main Authors: María del Carmen Sánchez-Guillén, Christian Bernabé, Michel Tibayrenc, Jorge Zavala-Castro, José-Luis Totolhua, Julio Méndez-López, Martha-Elba González-Mejía, Enrique Torres-Rasgado, Aurelio López-Colombo, Ricardo Pérez-Fuentes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2006-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006000600002