Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland

International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland. A retrospective study to detect Chagas disease showed a prevalence of 9.7% among 72 Lat...

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Autores principales: Jackson, Yves, Myers, Catherine, Diana, Alessandro, Marti, Hans-Peter, Wolff, Hans, Chappuis, François, Loutan, Louis, Gervaix, Alain
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331743
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.080438
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author Jackson, Yves
Myers, Catherine
Diana, Alessandro
Marti, Hans-Peter
Wolff, Hans
Chappuis, François
Loutan, Louis
Gervaix, Alain
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description International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland. A retrospective study to detect Chagas disease showed a prevalence of 9.7% among 72 Latin American women tested during pregnancy in Switzerland.
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spelling pubmed-26714372009-05-21 Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland Jackson, Yves Myers, Catherine Diana, Alessandro Marti, Hans-Peter Wolff, Hans Chappuis, François Loutan, Louis Gervaix, Alain Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland. A retrospective study to detect Chagas disease showed a prevalence of 9.7% among 72 Latin American women tested during pregnancy in Switzerland. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2671437/ /pubmed/19331743 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.080438 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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Jackson, Yves
Myers, Catherine
Diana, Alessandro
Marti, Hans-Peter
Wolff, Hans
Chappuis, François
Loutan, Louis
Gervaix, Alain
Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland
title Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland
title_full Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland
title_fullStr Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland
title_short Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland
title_sort congenital transmission of chagas disease in latin american immigrants in switzerland
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331743
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.080438
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