Screening for congenital infection by Trypanosoma cruzi in France;Le dépistage de l'infection congénitale par Trypanosoma cruzi en France métropolitaine

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 300-309

  Brutus, L ^a   Santalla, J A ^b   Salas, N A ^a,b   Schneider, D ^a   Chippaux, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; France; Mother to child transmission; Screening; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEXICO; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 74849106060     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3185/pathexo3486h     Document Type: Article

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