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.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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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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author Nóbrega, Aglaêr A.
Garcia, Marcio H.
Tatto, Erica
Obara, Marcos T.
Costa, Elenild
Sobel, Jeremy
Araujo, Wildo N.
author_facet Nóbrega, Aglaêr A.
Garcia, Marcio H.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-26714332009-05-21 Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil Nóbrega, Aglaêr A. Garcia, Marcio H. Tatto, Erica Obara, Marcos T. Costa, Elenild Sobel, Jeremy Araujo, Wildo N. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2671433/ /pubmed/19331764 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.081450 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Nóbrega, Aglaêr A.
Garcia, Marcio H.
Tatto, Erica
Obara, Marcos T.
Costa, Elenild
Sobel, Jeremy
Araujo, Wildo N.
Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil
title Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil
title_full Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil
title_fullStr Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil
title_short Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil
title_sort oral transmission of chagas disease by consumption of açaí palm fruit, brazil
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url 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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