Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing unit TcIV implicated in a case of acute Chagas disease in a domiciliated dog in the western Amazon

Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing unit TcIV implicated in a case of acute Chagas disease in a domiciliated dog in the western Amazon

Abstract Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Seven lineages have been identified based on different molecular markers, namely TcI, TcII, TcIII, TcIV, TcV, TcVI, and TcBat. Dogs play the role of epidemiological sentinels being domestic reservoirs of T. cruzi. The aim of the c...

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Main Authors: Luciene Almeida Siqueira de Vasconcelos, Josué Costa Oliveira, Rubens Celso Andrade da Silva Junior, Silvia Cássia Brandão Justiniano, Éder dos Santos Souza, Laylah Kelre Costa Magalhães, Henrique Silveira, George Allan Villarouco da Silva, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2021-03-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Trypanosomatidae
Surveillance
Domestic dog
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