Congenital Chagas disease in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, is dominated by Trypanosoma cruzi lineage V.
Leny SanchezLouisa Alexandra MessengerTapan BhattacharyyaRobert H GilmanHolger MaytaRony ColanziRicardo BozoManuela VerásteguiMichael A MilesCaryn BernPublished in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021)
Our findings reinforce the difficulty in obtaining sufficient sample numbers and parasite DNA to investigate the interaction between parasite genetics and the risk of congenital transmission and argue for the inclusion of DTU-specific serotyping in prospective studies.