The oral transmission of Chagas' disease: An acute form of infection responsible for regional outbreaks

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-133

  Benchimol Barbosa, Paulo Roberto ^a,b,c  

^a Rio de Janeiro Military Fire Department Central Hospital   (Brazil)

^b GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute myocarditis; Chagas' disease; Trypanosome cruzi

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMERICAS; ANIMALS; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HUMANS;

EID: 33747377863     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.087     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Vinhaes M.C., and Carlos A.L.F. Situação Epidemiológica das Doenças Transmissíveis no Brasil (Epidemiological Survey of Infective Diseases in Brazil). (in Portuguese). Ministério da Saúde Report - Secretaria de Vigilância Sanitária (2004). http://dtr2001.saude.gov.br/svs/epi/situacao_doencas/situacao.htm#chagas http://dtr2001.saude.gov.br/svs/epi/situacao_doencas/situacao.htm#chagas. Accessed on November 2, 2005.
2. Hagar J.M., and Rahimtoola S.H. Chagas' heart disease. Curr Probl Cardiol 20 12 (1995) 825-924
3. Gazin P., Melo G., Abuquerque A., Oliveira Jr. W., Soula G., and Audry P. Chagas disease in a rural area of Northeast Brazil. Bull Soc Pathol Exot 97 3 (2004) 189-192
4. Camandaroba E.L., Pinheiro Lima C.M., and Andrade S.G. Oral transmission of Chagas disease: importance of Trypanosome cruzi biodeme in the intragastric experimental infection. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 44 2 (2002) 97-103
5. Gus I., Molon M.E., and Bueno A.P. Chagas disease-review of 8 simultaneous cases of acute Chagas myocarditis: 25 years later. Arq Bras Cardiol 60 2 (1993) 99-101