Genetic Diversity
Strain typing scheme based on diagnostic SNPs in the TcSC5D gene
Fernán Agüero
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor
Using and generating data to guide discovery of new drugs and diagnostics.
Raúl O Cosentino
Former Lab Member (2007 – 2014)
Present address: Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München
Alejandro A Ackermann
Former Lab Member (2005 – 2012)
Publications
A simple strain typing assay for Trypanosoma cruzi: discrimination of major evolutionary lineages from a single amplification product
Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas Disease, infects approximately 8 million people in the Americas, with 200,000 new …
