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Lineage-specific serology confirms Brazilian Atlantic forest lion tamarins, Leontopithecus chrysomelas and Leontopithecus rosalia, as reservoir hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi II (TcII)

BACKGROUND: Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease in humans, has a vast reservoir of mammalian hosts in the Americas, and is classified into six genetic lineages, TcI-TcVI, with a possible seventh, TcBat. Elucidating enzootic cycles of the different lineages is important for understanding t...

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Autores principales: Kerr, Charlotte L., Bhattacharyya, Tapan, Xavier, Samanta C. C., Barros, Juliana H., Lima, Valdirene S., Jansen, Ana M., Miles, Michael A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1873-y