Abstract

ZINGALES, B et al. A new consensus for Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific nomenclature: second revision meeting recommends TcI to TcVI. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz [online]. 2009, vol.104, n.7, pp. 1051-1054. ISSN 0074-0276.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762009000700021.

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.

Keywords : Chagas disease; Trypanosoma cruzi strains; taxonomy; discrete typing units.