Chagas disease in pregnancy: A non-endemic problem in a globalized world

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 282, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 595-599

  Pérez López, Faustino R ^a   Chedraui, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Gineco Obstétrico Enrique C Sotomayor   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis; Chagas disease; Maternal foetal outcome; Trypanosoma cruzi; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NIFURTIMOX;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD DEATH; CONGENITAL INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; REINFECTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERNATIONALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 78449304304     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1553-7     Document Type: Article

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