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SUBMITTER: Santana RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4072607 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Santana Rosa Amélia Gonçalves RA Magalhães Laylah Kelre Costa LK Magalhães Laise Kelman Costa LK Prestes Suzane Ribeiro SR Maciel Marcel Gonçalves MG da Silva George Allan Villarouco GA Monteiro Wuelton Marcelo WM de Brito Felipe Rocha FR de Aguiar Raposo Câmara Coelho Leila Inês LI Barbosa-Ferreira João Marcos JM Guerra Jorge Augusto Oliveira JA Silveira Henrique H das Graças Vale Barbosa Maria M
Parasites & vectors 20140611
<h4>Background</h4>Chagas disease in the Amazon region is considered an emerging anthropozoonosis with a predominance of the discrete typing units (DTUs) TcI and TcIV. These DTUs are responsible for cases of acute disease associated with oral transmission. Chronic disease cases have been detected through serological surveys. However, the mode of transmission could not be determined, or any association of chronic disease with a specific T. cruzi DTU's. The aim of this study was to characterize Tr ...[more]