Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in pregnant Latin American women and congenital transmission rate in a non-endemic area: The experience of the Valencian Health Programme (Spain)

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1896-1903

  Barona Vilar, C ^a,b,c   Gimenez Marti M J ^d   Fraile, T ^e   Gonzalez Steinbauer C ^a   Parada, C ^f   Gil Brusola, A ^d   Bravo, D ^g   Gomez M D ^d   Navarro, D ^g,h   Perez Tamarit, A ^d   Fernandez Silveira, L ^d   Fullana Montoro, A ^a,b   Borras R ^g,h  

^a General Directorate of Public Health   (Spain)

^b Centre for Public Health Research CSISP   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f Laboratory of Histocompatibility Molecular Biology   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; congenital Chagas; pregnant women; prevalence; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863218306     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002482     Document Type: Article

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