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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.

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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
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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
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author 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.
author_facet 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.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-63025842019-01-01 Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon 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. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6302584/ /pubmed/30561299 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.180646 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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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.
Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon
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title_fullStr Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon
title_full_unstemmed Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon
title_short Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon
title_sort oral transmission of trypanosoma cruzi, brazilian amazon
topic Dispatch
url 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
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