Molecular Epidemiologic Source Tracking of Orally Transmitted Chagas Disease, Venezuela

Oral outbreaks of Chagas disease are increasingly reported in Latin America. The transitory presence of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites within contaminated foods, and the rapid consumption of those foods, precludes precise identification of outbreak origin. We report source attribution for 2 peri-urban...

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Autores principales: Segovia, Maikell, Carrasco, Hernán J., Martínez, Clara E., Messenger, Louisa A., Nessi, Anaibeth, Londoño, Juan C., Espinosa, Raul, Martínez, Cinda, Alfredo, Mijares, Bonfante-Cabarcas, Rafael, Lewis, Michael D., de Noya, Belkisyolé A., Miles, Michael A., Llewellyn, Martin S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3903455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23768982
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.121576
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Sumario:Oral outbreaks of Chagas disease are increasingly reported in Latin America. The transitory presence of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites within contaminated foods, and the rapid consumption of those foods, precludes precise identification of outbreak origin. We report source attribution for 2 peri-urban oral outbreaks of Chagas disease in Venezuela via high resolution microsatellite typing.

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