Recommendations from a Satellite Meeting (International Symposium to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Discovery of Chagas Disease, April 11-16 1999, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Authors

Alejandro O. Luquetti, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil
Aluízio Rosa Prata, Faculdade Nacional de Medicina da Universidade do Brasil
Alvaro Moncayo, Universidad de los Andes
Alvaro Romanha, Federal University of Santa Catarina
Ana Maria Jansen, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Bianca Zingales, University de São Paulo
Carlos Morel, Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology for Innovation in Neglected Diseases
Carlos Ponce, Laboratorio Central de Referencia para Enfermedad de Chagas y Leishmaniasis, Secretaría de Salud de Honduras
Egler Chiari, Federal University of Minas Gerais
Elisa Cupolillo, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Elisa Ponce, Laboratorio Central de Referencia para Enfermedad de Chagas y Leishmaniasis, Secretaría de Salud de Honduras
Felipe Guhl, Universidad de Los Andes
Hooman Momen, World Health Organization
José Rodrigues Coura, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Mario Steindel, Federal University of Santa Catarina
Michael Miles, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Michel Tibayrenc, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Octavio Fernandes, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Riva Oliveira, Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Rodrigo Zeledón, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
Sonia Gumes Andrade, Experimental Chagas' disease Laboratory, Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz
Toby Vincent Barrett, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Vanize Macêdo, Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro
Zigman Brener, Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Date of this Version

4-1999

Citation

International Symposium to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Discovery of Chagas Disease, April 11-16 1999, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pages 429-432

Participants: Alejandro Luquetti, Aluízio Prata, Alvaro Moncayo, Alvaro Romanha, Ana Jansen, Bianca Zingales, Carlos Morel, Carlos Ponce, Egler Chiari, Elisa Cupolillo, Elisa Ponce, Felipe Guhl, Hooman Momen, José Rodrigues Coura, Mario Steindel, Michael Miles, Michel Tibayrenc, Octavio Fernandes, Riva Oliveira, Rodrigo Zeledón, Sonia Andrade, Toby Barrett, Vanize Macêdo, Zigman Brener

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Abstract

During this symposium the standardization of the nomenclature of Trypanosoma cruzi strains was discussed, in a parallel session, with a view to facilitating the use and understanding of a common nomenclature that would serve not only taxonomists but the general community of researchers working with T. cruzi.

The diversity in the behavior and morphology of T. cruzi isolates was soon recognized after the discovery of Chagas disease. Since then a variety of biochemical and molecular techniques have revealed the great genetic diversity present in strains of this parasite. Different investigators have described this diversity by using various terms. Correlation between this diversity and the complex epidemiological and clinical manifestations of the disease has however been hindered by the lack of a common nomenclature.

Recent studies have indicated a convergence among investigators regarding the clustering of strains of T. cruzi, into two principal groups. This consensus, together with the report of a meeting on the standardization of methods for T. cruzi classification held in Panama (unpublished document TDR/EPICHA-TCC/85.3 Geneva, World Health Organization, 1985), form the basis of the recommendations outlined in this document.