Chagas' disease: Study of congenital transmission in cases of acute maternal infection

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-55

  Moretti, Edgardo ^a,e   Basso, Beatriz ^a   Castro, Irma ^a   Carrizo Paez, Mario ^b   Chaul, Marcela ^b   Barbieri, Gustavo ^c   Canal Feijoo, Dámaso ^c   Sartori, María José ^d   Carrizo Paez, Rubén ^b  

^a Servicio Nacional de Chagas   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Rawson   (Argentina)

^c Ctro de Chagas y Patologia Regional   (Argentina)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^e NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute maternal Trypanosoma cruzi infection; Chagas' disease; Congenital infection; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 13244259142     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822005000100010     Document Type: Article

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