Chagas epinet
Trypanosoma cruzi epidemiology



A European Union Seventh Framework Program



Partner institutions

Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simon
Cochabamba Bolivia

Pathogen Molecular Biology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela
Instituto Unit of Parasite Diagnosis, Unit of Molecular Parasitology Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Antwerpen, Belgium
Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Experimental Pathology Institute, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina
Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Biology of Trypanosomatids Laboratory, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, Institut de recherche pour le développement, Montpellier, France
Laboratory for Chagas, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Tropical (CIMPAT), Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice; University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Unidad de Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador



  • Non-scientific content

    • Brief overview of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas diease
    • Project description
    • Partner institutions
    • Media
  • Misc

    • Rio Workshop
  • Scientific content

    • ChagasEpiNet Sample Database
    • Publications and literature
    • Laboratory protocols
    • Nucleotide sequences and MLST protocols
    • Multilocus microsatellite typing
    • Silvio X10 clone 1 Genome Sequence
    • Sample shipment instructions to and from cryobank
    • International Cryobank, FIOCRUZ
    • Sample Database Input Templates
  • External resources

    • TriTrypDB
    • Pan American Health Organization
    • European Union FP7 - Opportunities
    • European Union FP7 - Current Grants
    • Drugs for Neglected Disease initiative
    • Médecins Sans Frontières
  • Internal resources

    • Documents