Maternal fetal transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi: A problem of public health little studied in Mexico

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 425-432

  Cardoso, Enedina Jiménez ^a   Valdéz, Guillermina Campos ^a   Campos, Adrián Cortes ^a   Sanchez, Rene de la Luz ^a   Mendoza, Carlos Rivera ^b   Hernández, Arturo Plascencia ^b   Ramírez, María Hernández ^c   Habana, Joel Ruiz ^d   González, Edmundo Bonilla ^e   Matzumura, Pablo Damian ^e   Carlier, Yves ^f  

^a Laboratorio de Investigación en Parasitología   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

^c Hospital Regional de Pochutla   (Mexico)

^d Hospital General Dr Pedro Espinoza Rueda   (Mexico)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Congenital chagas disease; Maternal transmission; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUMIGATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84864046438     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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