Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil

In 2006, a total of 178 cases of acute Chagas disease were reported from the Amazonian state of Pará, Brazil. Eleven occurred in Barcarena and were confirmed by visualization of parasites on blood smears. Using cohort and case–control studies, we implicated oral transmission by consumption of açaí p...

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Autores principales: Nóbrega, Aglaêr A., Garcia, Marcio H., Tatto, Erica, Obara, Marcos T., Costa, Elenild, Sobel, Jeremy, Araujo, Wildo N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331764
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.081450
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Sumario:In 2006, a total of 178 cases of acute Chagas disease were reported from the Amazonian state of Pará, Brazil. Eleven occurred in Barcarena and were confirmed by visualization of parasites on blood smears. Using cohort and case–control studies, we implicated oral transmission by consumption of açaí palm fruit.

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