Between a bug and a hard place: Trypanosoma cruzi genetic diversity and the clinical outcomes of Chagas disease

LA Messenger, MA Miles, C Bern - Expert review of anti-infective …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last 30 years, concomitant with successful transnational disease control programs
across Latin America, Chagas disease has expanded from a neglected, endemic parasitic …

Trypanosoma cruzi genetic diversity: impact on transmission cycles and Chagas disease

B Zingales, DC Bartholomeu - Memórias do instituto oswaldo cruz, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease (ChD), exhibits remarkable biological and
genetic diversity, along with eco-epidemiological complexity. In order to facilitate …

Trypanosoma cruzi genetic diversity: Something new for something known about Chagas disease manifestations, serodiagnosis and drug sensitivity

B Zingales - Acta tropica, 2018 - Elsevier
The genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan agent of Chagas disease, is
widely recognized. At present, T. cruzi is partitioned into seven discrete typing units (DTUs) …

Geographical Distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi Genotypes in Venezuela

HJ Carrasco, M Segovia, MS Llewellyn… - PLoS neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Chagas disease is an endemic zoonosis native to the Americas and is caused by the
kinetoplastid protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The parasite is also highly genetically …

[HTML][HTML] Trypanosoma cruzi clonal diversity and the epidemiology of Chagas' disease

CA Buscaglia, JM Di Noia - Microbes and infection, 2003 - Elsevier
Chagas' disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and it has a variable
clinical outcome. The basis for this variability relies in part on the complexity of the parasite …

Analyses of 32 Loci Clarify Phylogenetic Relationships among Trypanosoma cruzi Lineages and Support a Single Hybridization prior to Human Contact

CA Flores-López, CA Machado - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas
disease, has been traditionally divided in two major groups, T. cruzi I and II, corresponding …

Molecular identification and genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in autochthonous Chagas disease patients from Texas, USA

MN Garcia, H Burroughs, R Gorchakov… - Infection, genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, is
widely distributed throughout the Americas, from the southern United States (US) to northern …

Assessing Trypanosoma cruzi Parasite Diversity through Comparative Genomics: Implications for Disease Epidemiology and Diagnostics

A Majeau, L Murphy, C Herrera, E Dumonteil - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is an important vector-borne neglected tropical disease that causes great
health and economic losses. The etiological agent, Trypanosoma cruzi, is a protozoan …

Pathogen diversity, immunity, and the fate of infections: lessons learned from Trypanosoma cruzi human–host interactions

LMD Magalhães, KJ Gollob, B Zingales… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The complexity of host–pathogen interactions often leads to distinct clinical outcomes upon
infection with different pathogen strains. In this Review, we explore the interactions between …

The revised Trypanosoma cruzi subspecific nomenclature: rationale, epidemiological relevance and research applications

B Zingales, MA Miles, DA Campbell… - Infection, genetics and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, its mammalian reservoirs, and vectors have existed in
nature for millions of years. The human infection, named Chagas disease, is a major public …