Between a bug and a hard place: Trypanosoma cruzi genetic diversity and the clinical outcomes of Chagas disease

LA Messenger, MA Miles, C Bern - Expert review of anti-infective …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last 30 years, concomitant with successful transnational disease control programs
across Latin America, Chagas disease has expanded from a neglected, endemic parasitic …

Chagas disease diagnostic applications: present knowledge and future steps

V Balouz, F Agüero, CA Buscaglia - Advances in parasitology, 2017 - Elsevier
Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is a lifelong and debilitating
illness of major significance throughout Latin America and an emergent threat to global …

Expanding an expanded genome: long-read sequencing of Trypanosoma cruzi

L Berná, M Rodriguez, ML Chiribao… - Microbial …, 2018 - microbiologyresearch.org
Although the genome of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, was
first made available in 2005, with additional strains reported later, the intrinsic genome …

Strain-specific genome evolution in Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease

W Wang, D Peng, RP Baptista, Y Li, JC Kissinger… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi almost invariably establishes life-long infections in
humans and other mammals, despite the development of potent host immune responses …

Trypanosoma Cruzi Genome: Organization, Multi-Gene Families, Transcription, and Biological Implications

A Herreros-Cabello, F Callejas-Hernández, N Gironès… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi affects millions of people.
Although its first genome dates from 2005, its complexity hindered a complete assembly and …

[HTML][HTML] Benznidazole-resistance in Trypanosoma cruzi: evidence that distinct mechanisms can act in concert

MCO Campos, LL Leon, MC Taylor, JM Kelly - Molecular and biochemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Benznidazole is the main drug used to treat Trypanosoma cruzi infections. However,
frequent instances of treatment failure have been reported. To better understand potential …

The Trypanosoma cruzi Antigen and Epitope Atlas: antibody specificities in Chagas disease patients across the Americas

AD Ricci, L Bracco, E Salas-Sarduy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
During an infection the immune system produces pathogen-specific antibodies. These
antibody repertoires become specific to the history of infections and represent a rich source …

Genomic assemblies of newly sequenced Trypanosoma cruzi strains reveal new genomic expansion and greater complexity

F Callejas-Hernández, A Rastrojo, C Poveda… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Chagas disease is a complex illness caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi
displaying highly diverse clinical outcomes. In this sense, the genome sequence elucidation …

Parasitological, serological and molecular diagnosis of acute and chronic Chagas disease: from field to laboratory

AG Schijman, J Alonso-Padilla, SA Longhi… - Memórias do instituto …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
There is no consensus on the diagnostic algorithms for many scenarios of Trypanosoma
cruzi infection, which hinders the establishment of governmental guidelines in endemic and …

Fifteen Years after the Definition of Trypanosoma cruzi DTUs: What Have We Learned?

B Zingales, AM Macedo - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan causative of Chagas disease (ChD), exhibits striking
genetic and phenotypic intraspecific diversity, along with ecoepidemiological complexity …