Wide reference databases for typing Trypanosoma cruzi based on amplicon sequencing of the minicircle hypervariable region.

• Main Authors: Fanny Rusman (Author), Anahí G Díaz (Author), Tatiana Ponce (Author), Noelia Floridia-Yapur (Author), Christian Barnabé (Author), Patricio Diosque (Author), Nicolás Tomasini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas Disease, exhibits remarkable genetic diversity and is classified into different Discrete Typing Units (DTUs). Strain typing techniques are crucial for studying T. cruzi, because their DTUs have significant biological d...