Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi among mothers and children in rural Mayan communities and associated reproductive outcomes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 348-353

  Gamboa León, Rubi ^a   Ramirez Gonzalez, Claudia ^a   Pacheco Tucuch, Freddy S ^a   O'Shea, Matthew ^a,b   Rosecrans, Kathryn ^a,b   Pippitt, Julia ^a,b   Dumonteil, Eric ^a   Buekens, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MOTHER; PREVALENCE; RAPID TEST; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; STILLBIRTH; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STILLBIRTH; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84907278117     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0527     Document Type: Article

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