Risk factors and consequences of congenital Chagas disease in Yacuiba, south Bolivia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1498-1505

  Salas, N A ^a   Cot, M ^b   Schneider, D ^a   Mendoza, B ^a   Santalla, J A ^c   Postigo, J ^a   Chippaux, J P ^a   Brutus, L ^b  

^a Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Congenital Chagas disease; Newborns; Pregnant women; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TARIJA [BOLIVIA]; YACUIBA;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 36749017548     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01958.x     Document Type: Article

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