宿Trypanosoma cruzi

Lissa Cruz-Saavedra1, Mira Loock1, Luiza Berenguer Antunes1

  • 1Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada.

Nature communications
|November 12, 2025
PubMed
概括

这项研究详细介绍了Trypanosoma cruzi的基因组,揭示了基因组织和表达模式,这对病变发生至关重要. 这些发现突出了T. cruzi的基因多样性和特定阶段的表达如何导致查加斯病的持续性.

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