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Identificación molecular de linajes y sub-linajes de Trypanosoma cruzi en niños infectados congénitamente provenientes de áreas endémicas del Paraguay

Authors

  • Zunilda Sánchez IICS-UNA
  • Gra Russomando IICS-UNA

Keywords:

Trypanosoma cruzi, lineages, vectores

Abstract

La tripanosomiasis americana es una infección causada por un protozoario flagelar Trypanosoma cruzi que está diseminado por todo el continente Americano. T. cruzi es una especie heterogénea que comprende varias sub-poblaciones que circulan en hospederos vertebrados domésticos y salvajes, e invertebrados. Esta diversidad genética ha sido detectada con técnicas moleculares demostrándose que circulan clones mayoritarios en varios hospederos y en diferentes áreas geográficas de América Latina. Aislados de T. cruzi han sido divididos en dos grupos genéticos nombrados por consenso internacional T. cruzi I (linaje 2-asociado al ciclo enzoótico) y T. cruzi II (linaje 1-asociado al ciclo doméstico). La interacción de los clones infectivos de T. cruzi y el hospedero humano podrían determinar la morbilidad de la enfermedad. En este trabajo se empleó la técnica PCR para amplificar genes constitutivos de T. cruzi, como el gen 24S Ribosomal y el gen mini exón (ME) y se detectaron linajes de T. cruzi en 112 muestras (83%) de un total de 135 muestras de niños infectados provenientes de dos departamentos endémicos para la enfermedad de Chagas en Paraguay (Cordillera y Paraguarí). En cuanto a la procedencia de las mismas, 53 muestras eran de Paraguarí y 59 muestras de Cordillera. Los sub-linajes encontrados fueron: Paraguarí: 34TcIIc, 17 TcIId, 1 muestra TcIIb-IIe y 1 muestra ND (no determinada), En Cordillera: 37 TcIIc, 19 TcIId, 1 muestra TcIIb-IIe y 2 muestras no determinadas. No se encontró linaje I, selvático en ninguna de las 2 áreas estudiadas.

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2012-06-01

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Sánchez, Z. . (2012). Identificación molecular de linajes y sub-linajes de Trypanosoma cruzi en niños infectados congénitamente provenientes de áreas endémicas del Paraguay. Memorias Del Instituto De Investigaciones En Ciencias De La Salud, 10(1). https://revistascientificas.una.py/index.php/RIIC/article/view/1708