Molecular epidemiology of human oral Chagas disease outbreaks in Colombia.

• Hoofdauteurs: Juan David Ramírez (Auteur), Marleny Montilla (Auteur), Zulma M Cucunubá (Auteur), Astrid Carolina Floréz (Auteur), Pilar Zambrano (Auteur), Felipe Guhl (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...