Molecular epidemiology of American trypanosomiasis in Brazil based on dimorphisms of rRNA and mini-exon gene sequences

B Zingales, RP Souto, RH Mangia, CV Lisboa… - International Journal for …, 1998 - Elsevier
American trypanosomiasis is transmitted in nature via a sylvatic cycle, where Trypanosoma
cruzi interacts with wild triatomines and mammalian reservoirs, or via a domestic cycle …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in Panama Inferred by Multi-locus Sequence Typing of Mitochondrial Genes

JE Calzada, F Samudio, C de Juncá, V Pineda… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to provide information on Trypanosoma cruzi genetic
diversity among isolates obtained from different biological sources circulating in endemic …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DTUs TcI and TcIV in two outbreaks of orally-transmitted Chagas disease in the Northern region of Brazil

VLT Freitas, MR Piotto, HR Esper… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
This study describes the laboratory investigation of two acute Chagas disease outbreaks
that occurred in the riverside communities of Marimarituba and Cachoeira do Arua, in the …

Genome plasticity driven by aneuploidy and loss of heterozygosity in Trypanosoma cruzi

L Cruz-Saavedra, P Schwabl, GA Vallejo… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Trypanosoma cruzi the causative agent of Chagas disease shows a marked genetic
diversity and divided into at least six Discrete Typing Units (DTUs). High intra genetic …

Molecular identification of Trypanosoma cruzi in domestic animals in municipalities of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

VT de Araújo-Neto, AN Barbosa-Silva… - Parasitology …, 2023 - Springer
Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of American trypanosomiasis, is a vector-borne
zoonotic parasite which has been little studied regarding its infection in domestic animals. In …

[HTML][HTML] A genomic scale map of genetic diversity in Trypanosoma cruzi

AA Ackermann, LG Panunzi, RO Cosentino… - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Background Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas Disease, affects more than 16
million people in Latin America. The clinical outcome of the disease results from a complex …

Bioecological aspects of triatomines and marsupials as wild Trypanosoma cruzi reservoirs in urban, peri‐urban and rural areas in the Western Brazilian Amazon

L Magalhães, H Silveira, S Prestes… - Medical and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Amazon region, Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles involve a great
diversity of Triatominae vectors and mammal reservoirs. Some Rhodnius spp. mainly inhabit …

[HTML][HTML] Complexity and multi-factoriality of Trypanosoma cruzi sylvatic cycle in coatis, Nasua nasua (Procyonidae), and triatomine bugs in the Brazilian Pantanal

FM Alves, JS de Lima, FL Rocha, HM Herrera… - Parasites & …, 2016 - Springer
Background Trypanosoma cruzi is dispersed in nature through many transmission
mechanisms among a high diversity of vectors and mammalian species, representing …

Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in a captive primate unit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

CV Lisboa, RH Mangia, E Rubião, NRC de Lima… - Acta tropica, 2004 - Elsevier
A breeding in captivity program of neotropical primates for subsequent reintroduction in
nature is in progress at the Primatology Center of Rio de Janeiro (CPRJ). Almost 200 …

[HTML][HTML] Trypanosoma cruzi Discret Typing Units (TcII and TcVI) in samples of patients from two municipalities of the Jequitinhonha Valley, MG, Brazil, using two …

MT de Oliveira, GF Machado de Assis… - Parasites & …, 2015 - Springer
Background Trypanosoma cruzi is classified into six discrete taxonomic units (DTUs). For
this classification, different biological markers and classification criteria have been used. The …