First report of a family outbreak of Chagas disease in French Guiana and posttreatment follow-up

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 245-250

  Blanchet, Denis ^a   Brenière, Simone Frédérique ^b   Schijman, Alejandro G ^c   Bisio, Margarita ^c   Simon, Stéphane ^a   Véron, Vincent ^a   Mayence, Claire ^d   Demar Pierre, Magalie ^a   Djossou, Félix ^e   Aznar, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^d Service d'accueil des urgences Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais (CHOG)   (French Guiana)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; French Guiana; Genotyping; Oral transmission; Polymerase chain reaction; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; NIFURTIMOX; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; OENOCARPUS BACABA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARECACEAE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIFURTIMOX; NITROIMIDAZOLES; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84908450197     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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