Extraordinary Trypanosoma cruzi diversity within single mammalian reservoir hosts implies a mechanism of diversifying selection

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 609-614

  Llewellyn, Martin S ^a   Rivett Carnac, John B ^b   Fitzpatrick, Sinead ^a   Lewis, Michael D ^a   Yeo, Matthew ^a   Gaunt, Michael W ^a   Miles, Michael A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Lion House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Didelphis; Infrapopulation; Microsatellite; Multiclonality; Trypansoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RESERVOIR; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MAMMALS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOUTH AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

DIDELPHIS; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79954842517     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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