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Chagas parasite invades genome
Email: David Secko - dmsecko@interchange.ubc.ca News from The Scientist 2004, 5(1):20040723-01
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How infection with Typanosomacruzi—an intracellular parasite that can hide out in the cells of the body—results in the development of chronic Chagas disease has been a mystery. Now a study in the July 23 Cell reports the integration of T.cruzi DNA into the genomes of infected patients, as well as chicken and rabbit animal models, suggesting that horizontal gene transfer may play a role in T.cruzi host–parasite interactions.
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