Publications by authors named "Samanta Cristina C Xavier"
Article Synopsis
- Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan that causes Chagas disease, has seven identified Discrete Typing Units (DTUs), with TcIII and TcIV being the focus of new research on their distribution and diversity in Brazilian biomes.
- The study analyzed 61 isolates from 18 mammal species and two Hemiptera genera across five biomes, revealing that TcIV is the most common DTU, particularly abundant in the Pantanal biome.
- Significantly, the research identified new host species and demonstrated that TcIII and TcIV are widely spread, infecting a greater variety of mammals than previously recognized, without a specific association to any biome or host species.
