Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States

To assess patterns of Chagas disease, we reviewed results of screening umbilical cord blood from a US public cord blood bank during 2007–2014. Nineteen maternal donors tested positive for Trypanosoma cruzi parasites (0.04%). Because perinatal transmission of Chagas disease is associated with substan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Edwards, James M., Gilner, Jennifer B., Hernandez, Jose, Kurtzberg, Joanne, Heine, R. Phillips
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4982190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27433974
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2208.151622
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Sumario:To assess patterns of Chagas disease, we reviewed results of screening umbilical cord blood from a US public cord blood bank during 2007–2014. Nineteen maternal donors tested positive for Trypanosoma cruzi parasites (0.04%). Because perinatal transmission of Chagas disease is associated with substantial illness, targeted prenatal programs should screen for this disease.

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