Over Six Thousand Trypanosoma cruzi Strains Classified into Discrete Typing Units (DTUs): Attempt at an Inventory.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Simone Frédérique Brenière, Etienne Waleckx, Christian Barnabé
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Chaco
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004792; https://doaj.org/article/6df50cc4ba584661b8ee09a4736cbd71

Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, presents wide genetic diversity. Currently, six discrete typing units (DTUs), named TcI to TcVI, and a seventh one called TcBat are used for strain typing. Beyond the debate concerning this classification, this systematic review has attempted...