Chagas disease affects between six and seven million people. Its etiological agent, , is classified into six discrete typing units (DTUs). The biological study of 11 strains presented here included four parameters: growth kinetics, parasitemia curves, rate of macrophage infection, and serology to evaluate IgM, total IgG, IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: To characterize Trypanosoma cruzi (TcI) isolated from a Panstrongylus megistus specimen found in one of the biggest metropolitan areas of Latin America, the relationship between the TcI group of T. cruzi and the transmission cycle in the urban environment was studied.
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