title: A new consensus for Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific nomenclature: second revision meeting recommends TcI to TcVI.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. zingales@iq.usp.br
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zingales
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: M R S
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Briones
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chiari
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guhl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lages-Silva
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Miles
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Romanha
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Sturm
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tibayrenc
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Schijman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000145:classification*