Trypanosoma cruzi surface mucins are involved in the attachment to the Triatoma infestans rectal ampoule.

• Main Authors: María de Los Milagros Cámara (Author), Virginia Balouz (Author), Camila Centeno Cameán (Author), Carmen R Cori (Author), Gustavo A Kashiwagi (Author), Santiago A Gil (Author), Natalia Paula Macchiaverna (Author), Marta Victoria Cardinal (Author), Francisco Guaimas (Author), Maite Mabel Lobo (Author), Rosa M de Lederkremer (Author), Carola Gallo-Rodriguez (Author), Carlos A Buscaglia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, is a protozoan parasite transmitted to humans by blood-sucking triatomine vectors. However, and despite its utmost biological and epidemiological relevance, T. cruzi development inside the digestive tract of the insect re...