The revised Trypanosoma cruzi subspecific nomenclature: Rationale, epidemiological relevance and research applications

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-253

  Zingales, Bianca ^a   Miles, Michael A ^b   Campbell, David A ^c   Tibayrenc, Michel ^d   Macedo, Andrea M ^e   Teixeira, Marta M G ^a   Schijman, Alejandro G ^f   Llewellyn, Martin S ^b   Lages Silva, Eliane ^g   Machado, Carlos R ^e   Andrade, Sonia G ^h   Sturm, Nancy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^h INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Discrete typing unit; Genotyping; Hybridization; Pathology; Phylogeography; Trypanosoma cruzi strains

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHIROPTERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84857655347     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.12.009     Document Type: Review

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