Chagas disease is a public health problem in America. Its parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi,
presents different discrete typing units (DTUs), colonizes organs of mammalian hosts in …

Background Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis caused by the protozoan parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi that represents a major public health problem in Latin America. Although …

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 …

Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, presents variable clinical
course but the phenomena underlying this variability remain largely unknown. T. cruzi has a …

Trypanosoma cruzi, a zoonotic protozoan parasite, infects a wide range of mammals. The
southern United States has endemic sylvatic transmission cycles maintained by several …

We identified and followed-up for two years Octodon degus rodents infected with
Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes by using xenodiagnosis with two vector species (Mepraia …

Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease is a parasitic protozoan
endemic to Latin America. This parasite is highly diverse, with several divergent and discrete …

We evaluated the presence and distribution of two Trypanosoma cruzi natural isolates in
blood, heart, skeletal muscle, liver, and spleen tissues in the acute phase of the …

Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease),
which affects 6–7 million people worldwide, mainly in Latin America. It presents great …

A multiplex PCR was developed for simultaneous detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA and
classification of the parasite strain into groups I and II. As little as 10fg of T. cruzi DNA could …