Congenital Chagas’ disease transmission in the United States: Diagnosis in adulthood

Two brothers with congenitally-acquired Chagas’ disease (CD) diagnosed during adulthood are reported. The patients were born in the USA to a mother from Bolivia who on subsequent assessment was found to be serologically positive for Trypanosoma cruzi. Serologic screening of all pregnant women who mi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Murillo, Jorge, Bofill, Lina M., Bolivar, Hector, Torres-Viera, Carlos, Urbina, Julio A., Benhayon, Daniel, Torres, Jaime R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27516969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.07.011
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Sumario:Two brothers with congenitally-acquired Chagas’ disease (CD) diagnosed during adulthood are reported. The patients were born in the USA to a mother from Bolivia who on subsequent assessment was found to be serologically positive for Trypanosoma cruzi. Serologic screening of all pregnant women who migrated from countries with endemic CD is strongly recommended.

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