Systematic review: Prevalence of Chagas disease in pregnant women and congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in Brazil: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 943-957

  Martins Melo, Francisco Rogerlândio ^a   da Silveira Lima, Mauricélia ^a   Ramos, Alberto Novaes ^a   Alencar, Carlos Henrique ^a   Heukelbach, Jörg ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chagas disease; Congenital infection; Pregnant women; Systematic review; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DATABASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; META-ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN SCREENING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS; BRASIL; BRÉSIL; ENFERMEDAD DE CHAGAS; FEMMES ENCEINTES; INFECCIÓN CONGÉNITA; INFECTION CONGÉNITALE; MALADIE DE CHAGAS; MUJERES EMBARAZADAS; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; REVISIÓN SISTEMÁTICA; REVUE SYSTÉMATIQUE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BRAZIL;

BRASIL; BRAZIL; BRÉSIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; ENFERMEDAD DE CHAGAS; FEMMES ENCEINTES; INFECCIÓN CONGÉNITA; INFECTION CONGÉNITALE; MALADIE DE CHAGAS; MUJERES EMBARAZADAS; PREGNANT WOMEN; REVISIÓN SISTEMÁTICA; REVUE SYSTÉMATIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84903534125     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12328     Document Type: Article

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