Quantification of parasite burden of Trypanosoma cruzi and identification of Discrete Typing Units (DTUs) in blood samples of Latin American immigrants residing in Barcelona, Spain.

• Main Authors: Maykon Tavares de Oliveira (Author), Elena Sulleiro (Author), Aroa Silgado Gimenez (Author), Marta de Lana (Author), Bianca Zingales (Author), João Santana da Silva (Author), J Antônio Marin-Neto (Author), Israel Molina (Author)
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• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Trypanosoma cruzi has a high genetic and biological diversity and has been subdivided into seven genetic lineages, named TcI-TcVI and TcBat. DTUs TcI-TcII-TcV and TcVI are agents of ChD in different regions of Latin America. Due to population movements, the disease is an emergent global p...