Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana

Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient w...

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Autores principales: Dorn, Patricia L., Perniciaro, Leon, Yabsley, Michael J., Roellig, Dawn M., Balsamo, Gary, Diaz, James, Wesson, Dawn
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17553277
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1304.061002
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author Dorn, Patricia L.
Perniciaro, Leon
Yabsley, Michael J.
Roellig, Dawn M.
Balsamo, Gary
Diaz, James
Wesson, Dawn
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Perniciaro, Leon
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Roellig, Dawn M.
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description Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient were positive for T. cruzi by PCR.
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spelling pubmed-27259632009-09-10 Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana Dorn, Patricia L. Perniciaro, Leon Yabsley, Michael J. Roellig, Dawn M. Balsamo, Gary Diaz, James Wesson, Dawn Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient were positive for T. cruzi by PCR. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2725963/ /pubmed/17553277 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1304.061002 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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Dorn, Patricia L.
Perniciaro, Leon
Yabsley, Michael J.
Roellig, Dawn M.
Balsamo, Gary
Diaz, James
Wesson, Dawn
Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana
title Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana
title_full Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana
title_fullStr Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana
title_full_unstemmed Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana
title_short Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana
title_sort autochthonous transmission of trypanosoma cruzi, louisiana
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17553277
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1304.061002
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