A new consensus for Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific nomenclature: second revision meeting recommends TcI to TcVI

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Date
2009-11-01Author
Zingales, Bianca
Andrade, Sonia Gumes
Briones, Marcelo Ribeiro da Silva [UNIFESP]
Campbell, David A.
Chiari,Égler
Fernandes, Octávio
Guhl, Felipe
Lages-Silva, Eliane
Macedo, Andréa Mara
Machado, Carlos Renato
Miles, Michael A
Romanha, Álvaro José
Sturm, Nacncy R
Tibayrenc, Michel
Schijman, Alejandro Gabriel
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ArtigoISSN
0074-0276Is part of
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo CruzDOI
10.1590/S0074-02762009000700021Metadata
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In an effort to unify the nomenclature of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, an updated system was agreed upon at the Second Satellite Meeting. A consensus was reached that T. cruzi strains should be referred to by six discrete typing units (T. cruzi I-VI). The goal of a unified nomenclature is to improve communication within the scientific community involved in T. cruzi research. The justification and implications will be presented in a subsequent detailed report.
Citation
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde, v. 104, n. 7, p. 1051-1054, 2009.Sponsorship
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Collections
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