Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

In the Brazilian Amazon, the suspected source of infection in an outbreak of acute Chagas disease involving 10 patients was Euterpe oleracea (açaí berry) juice. Patient blood and juice samples contained Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV, indicating oral transmission of the Chagas disease agent.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Santana, Rosa Amélia G., Guerra, Maria Graças V.B., Sousa, Débora R., Couceiro, Kátia, Ortiz, Jessica V., Oliveira, Maurício, Ferreira, Lucas S., Souza, Kenny R., Tavares, Igor C., Morais, Romulo F., Silva, George A.V., Melo, Gisely C., Vergel, Gabriel M., Albuquerque, Bernardino C., Arcanjo, Ana Ruth L., Monteiro, Wuelton M., Ferreira, João Marcos B.B., Lacerda, Marcus V.G., Silveira, Henrique, Guerra, Jorge Augusto O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30561299
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.180646
Descripción
Sumario:In the Brazilian Amazon, the suspected source of infection in an outbreak of acute Chagas disease involving 10 patients was Euterpe oleracea (açaí berry) juice. Patient blood and juice samples contained Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV, indicating oral transmission of the Chagas disease agent.

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