Etiological treatment of young women infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, and prevention of congenital transmission

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 484-487

  Sosa Estani, Sergio ^a,b,c   Cura, Estela ^d   Velazquez, Elsa ^e   Yampotis, Cristina ^f   Segura, Elsa Leonor ^c,e  

^a Nacional de Laboratorios   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^d Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^e Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico e Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Chagas Dr Mario Fatala Chaben   (Argentina)

^f Hospital Zonal General Agudos San Roque   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Congenital transmission; Prevention; Treatment; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION PREVENTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NITROIMIDAZOLES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 73349101097     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822009000500002     Document Type: Article

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