Over Six Thousand Trypanosoma cruzi Strains Classified into Discrete Ty** Units (DTUs): Attempt at an Inventory

SF Brenière, E Waleckx, C Barnabé - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, presents wide genetic diversity.
Currently, six discrete ty** units (DTUs), named TcI to TcVI, and a seventh one called …
JM Burgos, M Diez, C Vigliano, M Bisio… - Clinical Infectious …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background. One hundred years after the discovery of Chagas disease, it remains a major
neglected tropical disease. Chronic Chagas heart disease (cChHD) is the most severe …

New insights into Trypanosoma cruzi genetic diversity, and its influence on parasite biology and clinical outcomes

MMA Silvestrini, GD Alessio, BED Frias… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, remains a serious public health problem
worldwide. The parasite was subdivided into six distinct genetic groups, called “discrete …

Chagas Cardiomyopathy Manifestations and Trypanosoma cruzi Genotypes Circulating in Chronic Chagasic Patients

JD Ramírez, F Guhl, LM Rendón, F Rosas… - PLoS Neglected …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi is a complex disease that is endemic and an
important problem in public health in Latin America. The T. cruzi parasite is classified into six …

Genoty** of Trypanosoma cruzi: systematic selection of assays allowing rapid and accurate discrimination of all known lineages

MD Lewis, J Ma, M Yeo, HJ Carrasco… - … American journal of …, 2009 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, can be subdivided into six discrete ty**
units (DTUs), TcI, TcIIa, TcIIb, TcIIc, TcIId or TcIIe, each having distinct epidemiologically …

Molecular epidemiology of human oral Chagas disease outbreaks in Colombia

JD Ramírez, M Montilla, ZM Cucunubá… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, displays significant
genetic variability revealed by six Discrete Ty** Units (TcI-TcVI). In this pathology, oral …

[HTML][HTML] Flow cytometric analysis and microsatellite genoty** reveal extensive DNA content variation in Trypanosoma cruzi populations and expose contrasts …

MD Lewis, MS Llewellyn, MW Gaunt, M Yeo… - International journal for …, 2009 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma cruzi exhibits remarkable genetic heterogeneity. This is evident at the
nucleotide level but also structurally, in the form of karyotypic variation and DNA content …

Molecular characterization and classification of Trypanosoma spp. Venezuelan isolates based on microsatellite markers and kinetoplast maxicircle genes

E Sánchez, T Perrone, G Recchimuzzi, I Cardozo… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background Livestock trypanosomoses, caused by three species of the Trypanozoon
subgenus, Trypanosoma brucei brucei, T. evansi and T. equiperdum is widely distributed …