Environment, interactions between Trypanosoma cruzi and its host, and health Meio-ambiente, interações entre Trypanosoma cruzi e seu hospedeiro e saúde humana

• Main Authors: Antonio R. L. Teixeira (Author), Clever Gomes (Author), Silene P. Lozzi (Author), Mariana M. Hecht (Author), Ana de Cássia Rosa (Author), Pedro S. Monteiro (Author), Ana Carolina Bussacos (Author), Nadjar Nitz (Author), Concepta McManus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An epidemiological chain involving Trypanosoma cruzi is discussed at the environmental level, and in terms of fine molecular interactions in invertebrate and vertebrate hosts dwelling in different ecosystems. This protozoan has a complex, genetically controlled plasticity, which confers adaptation t...