Exploring the parasite load and molecular diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in patients with chronic Chagas disease from different regions of Brazil.

• Main Authors: Ícaro Rodrigues- (Author), Myllena F Melo (Author), Liane de Castro (Author), Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno (Author), Pedro Emmanuel A A do Brasil (Author), Andréa Silvestre de Sousa (Author), Constança Britto (Author), Otacilio C Moreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chagas disease is still a major public health issue in many Latin American countries. One of the current major challenges is to find an association between Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units (DTUs) and clinical manifestations of the disease. In this study, we used a multilocus conventional PCR...