Congenital Chagas disease: An update

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 363-368

  Carlier, Yves ^a,b   Sosa Estani, Sergio ^c   Luquetti, Alejandro O ^d   Buekens, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Ministry of Health   (Argentina)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congenital Chagas disease; Congenital T. cruzi infection; Maternal foetal transmission; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

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

EID: 84928136415     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140405     Document Type: Article

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