Prevalence of Chagas disease among pregnant women in the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul;Prevalência da doença de Chagas em gestantes da região sul do Rio Grande do Sul

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 732-733

  Araújo, Anelise Bergmann ^b   Castagno, Victor Delpizzo ^a   Gallina, Tiago ^a   Aires Berne, Maria Elisabeth ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b Rua Benjamin Constant 2009 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Pregnant women; Trypanosoma cruzi; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UMBILICAL CORD;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77949851114     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822009000600024     Document Type: Article

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