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Short communication: Trypanosoma cruzi lineage I in endomyocardial biopsy from a north‐eastern Brazilian patient at end‐stage chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy

2006; Wiley; Volume: 11; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01575.x

ISSN

1365-3156

Autores

Marta M. G. Teixeira, Flávia Maia da Silva, Arlei Marcili, Eufrosina Setsu Umezawa, Maria Aparecida Shikanai‐Yasuda, Edécio Cunha‐Neto, Jorge Kalil, Noedir Antônio Groppo Stolf, Anna Maria Simonsen Stolf,

Tópico(s)

Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Resumo

Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, is genetically classified into two major evolutionary lineages, T. cruzi I and T. cruzi II. In Southern American Cone countries it is T cruzi II which causes most cases of severe chronic Chagas disease. Contrary to this, we isolated T. cruzi I nested in endomyocardial biopsies of a chronic chagasic patient with end-stage heart failure. Our finding should alert clinicians to the possibility of severe Chagas disease in all regions where T. cruzi circulates, regardless of its lineage.

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