Congenital Chagas disease: Diagnostic and clinical aspects in an area without vectorial transmission, Bermejo, Bolivia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-199

  Brutus, L ^a   Schneider, D ^a   Postigo, J ^a   Romero, M ^a   Santalla, J ^b   Chippaux, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Instituto Nacional   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UMBILICAL CORD;

BERMEJO; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TARIJA [BOLIVIA];

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 44149093067     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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