Insights from a comprehensive study of Trypanosoma cruzi: A new mitochondrial clade restricted to North and Central America and genetic structure of TcI in the region.

• Main Authors: Raquel Asunción Lima-Cordón (Author), Sara Helms Cahan (Author), Cai McCann (Author), Patricia L Dorn (Author), Silvia Andrade Justi (Author), Antonieta Rodas (Author), María Carlota Monroy (Author), Lori Stevens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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More than 100 years since the first description of Chagas Disease and with over 29,000 new cases annually due to vector transmission (in 2010), American Trypanosomiasis remains a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD). This study presents the most comprehensive Trypanosoma cruzi sampling in terms of geogr...