Genomic comparison of Trypanosoma conorhini and Trypanosoma rangeli to Trypanosoma cruzi strains of high and low virulence

Abstract Background Trypanosoma conorhini and Trypanosoma rangeli, like Trypanosoma cruzi, are kinetoplastid protist parasites of mammals displaying divergent hosts, geographic ranges and lifestyles. Largely nonpathogenic T. rangeli and T. conorhini represent clades that are phylogenetically closely...

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Main Authors: Katie R Bradwell, Vishal N Koparde, Andrey V Matveyev, Myrna G Serrano, João M P Alves, Hardik Parikh, Bernice Huang, Vladimir Lee, Oneida Espinosa-Alvarez, Paola A Ortiz, André G Costa-Martins, Marta M G Teixeira, Gregory A Buck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-5112-0