Materno-foetal transmission in T. Cruzi infection and the implementation of a National Program for detection and treatment of Congenital Chagas in Bolivia;Relaciones materno-fetales en la infección con T. Cruzi y la implementación de un Programa Nacional de detección y tratamiento de Chagas Congénito en Bolivia

Enfermedades Emergentes

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 9-16

  Torrico, Faustino ^a,c   Vega, Cristina Alonso ^a   Billot, Claire ^a   Truyens, Carine ^b   Carlier, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Congenital Chagas' disease; Diagnostic; Epidemiology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; NIFURTIMOX;

ANASARCA; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 34147186905     PISSN: 15754723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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