Recent, independent and anthropogenic origins of Trypanosoma cruzi hybrids.

• Main Authors: Michael D Lewis (Author), Martin S Llewellyn (Author), Matthew Yeo (Author), Nidia Acosta (Author), Michael W Gaunt (Author), Michael A Miles (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The single celled eukaryote Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite transmitted by numerous species of triatomine bug in the Americas, causes Chagas disease in humans. T. cruzi generally reproduces asexually and appears to have a clonal population structure. However, two of the six major circulating genetic l...