Intra-host Trypanosoma cruzi strain dynamics shape disease progression: the missing link in Chagas disease pathogenesis
ABSTRACT Chronic Chagasic cardiomyopathy develops years after infection in 20–40% of patients, but disease progression is poorly understood. Here, we assessed Trypanosoma cruzi parasite dynamics and pathogenesis over a 2.5-year period in naturally infected rhesus macaques. Individuals with better co...
Main Authors: | Eric Dumonteil, Hans Desale, Weihong Tu, Nora Hernandez-Cuevas, Monica Shroyer, Kelly Goff, Preston A. Marx, Claudia Herrera |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-10-01
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Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04236-22 |
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