Trypanosoma cruzi Corpus Christi ATCC 30160 Genome sequencing and assembly. Trypanosoma cruzi ATCC 30160

Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, affecting millions of people in the Western hemisphere with a wide range of disease pathologies. T. cruzi Corpus Christi is being sequenced along with other representatives of the three major lineages of trypanosomatid parasites. These efforts are expected to improve the understanding of the mechanisms by which these pathogens cause disease and to impact treatment and prophylactic measures. The project is funded through an NHGRI grant.