Surveillance of chagas disease in pregnant women in Madrid, Spain, from 2008 to 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 38, 2011, Pages

  Flores Chavez, M D ^a   Merino, F J ^b   Garcia Bujalance S ^c   Martin Rabadan P ^d   Merino, P ^e   Garcia Bermejo I ^f   Delgado, A ^g   Cuadros, J ^h  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80053907426     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.38.19974-en     Document Type: Article

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