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Genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi in a hyper-endemic area of Colombia reveals an overlap among domestic and sylvatic cycles of Chagas disease

BACKGROUND: Chagas disease is a neglected illness caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, which widely affects American communities. This study attempted to identify T. cruzi genotypes circulating in four indigenous communities of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Colombia, to investigate parasite...

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Autores principales: Mejía-Jaramillo, Ana María, Agudelo-Uribe, Luz Adriana, Dib, Juan Carlos, Ortiz, Sylvia, Solari, Aldo, Triana-Chávez, Omar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24656115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-108