A new consensus for Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific nomenclature: second revision meeting recommends TcI to TcVI.

ZINGALES B, ANDRADE SG, BRIONES MR, CAMPBELL DA, CHIARI E, FERNANDES O, GUHL F, LAGES-SILVA E, MACEDO AM, MACHADO CR, MILES MA, ROMANHA AJ, STURM NR, TIBAYRENC M, SCHIJMAN A.G.

MEMóRIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ.

FUNDACO OSWALDO CRUZ

Lugar: Rio de Janeiro; Año: 2009 vol. 104 p. 1051 - 1054

0074-0276

In an effort to unify the nomenclature of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, an updated system was agreed upon at the Second Satellite Meeting.  A consensus was reached that T. cruzi strains should be referred to by six discrete typing units (T. cruzi I-VI).  The goal of a unified nomenclature is to improve communication within the scientific community involved in T. cruzi research. The justification and implications will be presented in a subsequent detailed report.