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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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Autores principales: Pinto, C. Miguel, Ocaña-Mayorga, Sofía, Tapia, Elicio E., Lobos, Simón E., Zurita, Alejandra P., Aguirre-Villacís, Fernanda, MacDonald, Amber, Villacís, Anita G., Lima, Luciana, Teixeira, Marta M. G., Grijalva, Mario J., Perkins, Susan L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4605636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26465748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139999