A case of congenital transmission of the Chagas disease in Catalonia;Un caso de transmisión congénita de la enfermedad de Chagas en Cataluña

Enfermedades Emergentes

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 28-30

  Guarro, Anna ^a   El Kassab, Houssein ^a   Jorba, Ma Josep ^a   Lobato, Alejandro ^a   Castro, Montserrat ^b   Martín, Carmen ^a   Angrill, Roser ^a   Corcoy, Francesca ^a   Riera, Cristina ^c  

^a Fundació Hospital Residència Sant Camil   (Spain)

^b Hospital Sant Camil   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chagas'disease; Congenital chagas; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE;

AMASTIGOTE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BOLIVIA; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIVERY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 34147175159     PISSN: 15754723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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