Bats, Trypanosomes, and Triatomines in Ecuador: New Insights into the Diversity, Transmission, and Origins of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas Disease.

Bats, Trypanosomes, and Triatomines in Ecuador: New Insights into the Diversity, Transmission, and Origins of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas Disease.

The generalist parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has two phylogenetic lineages associated almost exclusively with bats-Trypanosoma cruzi Tcbat and the subspecies T. c. marinkellei. We present new information on the genetic variation, geographic distribution, host associations, and potential vectors of thes...

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Main Authors: C Miguel Pinto, Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga, Elicio E Tapia, Simón E Lobos, Alejandra P Zurita, Fernanda Aguirre-Villacís, Amber MacDonald, Anita G Villacís, Luciana Lima, Marta M G Teixeira, Mario J Grijalva, Susan L Perkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4605636?pdf=render

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