Molecular epidemiology of human oral chagas disease outbreaks in Colombia

Background Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, displays significant genetic variability revealed by six Discrete Typing Units (TcI-TcVI). In this pathology, oral transmission represents an emerging epidemiological scenario where different outbreaks associated to food/beverages...

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2013

Institución:

Universidad del Rosario

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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario

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eng

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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/28149

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002041
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28149

Palabra clave:

Trypanosoma cruzi
Cloning
Chagas disease
Epidemiology
Haplotypes
Oral diseases
Colombia
Mitochondria

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