Characterization of Trypanosoma rangeli strains isolated in Central and South America : an overview
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 94(2): 203-9, Mar.-Apr. 1999. ilus, graf
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RESUMO
Trypanosoma rangeli is a hemoflagelate parasite that infects domestic and sylvatic animals, as well as man, in Central and South America. T. rangeli has an overlapping distribution with T. cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease, sharing several animal reservoirs and triatomine vectors. We have isolated T. rangeli strains in the State of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil, which dramatically increased the distribution area of this parasite. This brief review summarizes several studies comparing T. rangeli strains isolated in Santa Catarina with others isolated in Colombia, Honduras and Venezuela. The different methods used include indirect immunofluorescence and western blot assays, lectin agglutination, isoenzyme electrophoresis and random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis, triatomine susceptibility, in vitro cell infection assays, and mini-exon gene analysis.
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Trypanosoma
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En
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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MEDICINA TROPICAL
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PARASITOLOGIA
Year:
1999
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Article