Trypanosoma janseni n. sp. (Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae) isolated from Didelphis aurita (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: integrative taxonomy and phylogeography within the Trypanosoma cruzi clade

Camila Madeira Tavares Lopes,Rubem Figueiredo Sadok Menna-Barreto,Márcio G. Pavan,Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira,André Luiz Rodrigues Roque

Trypanosoma janseni n. sp. (Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae) isolated from Didelphis aurita (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: integrative taxonomy and phylogeography within the Trypanosoma cruzi clade

2018

Camila Madeira Tavares Lopes
Rubem Figueiredo Sadok Menna-Barreto
Márcio G. Pavan
Mirian Claudia de Souza Pereira
André Luiz Rodrigues Roque

Didelphis spp. are a South American marsupial species that are among the most ancient hosts for the Trypanosoma spp. We characterise a new species (Trypanosoma janseni n. sp.) isolated from the spleen and liver tissues of Didelphis aurita in the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Virology
Clade
Taxonomy (biology)
Zoology
Marsupial
Trypanosoma cruzi
Didelphis aurita
Didelphis
Biology
Trypanosoma
Rainforest
Sister group
Monophyly
Trypanosomatina

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