Molecular epidemiology of human oral Chagas disease outbreaks in Colombia.

• Glavni autori: Juan David Ramírez (Autor), Marleny Montilla (Autor), Zulma M Cucunubá (Autor), Astrid Carolina Floréz (Autor), Pilar Zambrano (Autor), Felipe Guhl (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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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...