Recent, Independent and Anthropogenic Origins of Trypanosoma cruzi Hybrids

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...

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Main Authors: Lewis, Michael D., Llewellyn, Martin S., Yeo, Matthew, Acosta, Nidia, Gaunt, Michael W., Miles, Michael A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3191134/