A new consensus for Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific nomenclature: second revision meeting recommends TcI to TcVI

A new consensus for Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific nomenclature: second revision meeting recommends TcI to TcVI

In an effort to unify the nomenclature of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, an updated system was agreed upon at the Second Satellite Meeting. A consensus was reached that T. cruzi strains should be referred to by six discrete typing units (T. cruzi I-VI). The goal of a unifi...

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Main Authors: B Zingales, SG Andrade, MRS Briones, DA Campbell, E Chiari, O Fernandes, F Guhl, E Lages-Silva, AM Macedo, CR Machado, MA Miles, AJ Romanha, NR Sturm, M Tibayrenc, AG Schijman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2009-11-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi strains
taxonomy
discrete typing units
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