Mother-to-child transmission of chagas' disease in North America: Why don't we do more?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-286

  Buekens, Pierre ^a   Almendares, Olivia ^a   Carlier, Yves ^a,b   Dumonteil, Eric ^c   Eberhard, Mark ^d   Gamboa Leon, Rubi ^c   James, Mark ^a   Padilla, Nicolas ^e   Wesson, Dawn ^a   Xiong, Xu ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Infant; Pregnancy; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; NIFURTIMOX; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEXICO; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SCREENING; NORTH AMERICA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; NORTH AMERICA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 41949089967     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-007-0246-8     Document Type: Article

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