کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4133952 1271439 2010 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Mixed infection of Trypanosoma cruzi I and II in a Colombian cardiomyopathic patient
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی آسیب‌شناسی و فناوری پزشکی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Mixed infection of Trypanosoma cruzi I and II in a Colombian cardiomyopathic patient
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryThe Trypanosoma cruzi taxon is composed of 2 major lineages, T cruzi I and T cruzi II. The clinical symptoms of Chagas disease are highly variable, and their geographic distribution is correlated with the distribution of the parasite lineages. In Colombia and northern South America, T cruzi I lineage is associated with chagasic cardiomyopathy. Alternatively, in the countries south cone of South America, there is a predominance of T cruzi II, which is associated with cardiomyopathy and digestive diseases. We report for the first time a mixed infection consisting of both T cruzi I and T cruzi II detected in the esophagus and in the heart, respectively, of a cardiomyopathic patient from an endemic area in Santander, Colombia. This finding has epidemiological relevance related to the association of T cruzi II with the clinical manifestations of Chagas disease and its frequency in Colombia and countries in northern South America.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Human Pathology - Volume 41, Issue 4, April 2010, Pages 610–613
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