Control and management of congenital Chagas disease in Europe and other non-endemic countries: Current policies and practices

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 590-596

  Soriano Arandes, Antoni ^a   Angheben, Andrea ^b   Serre Delcor, Nuria ^a   Treviño Maruri, Begoña ^a   Gómez i Prat, Jordi ^a   Jackson, Yves ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b Ospedale Classificato Equiparato Sacro Cuore Don Calabria   (Italy)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Congenital infection; Immigrant population; Neglected tropical diseases; Poverty; Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DATABASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; POVERTY; PROTOZOAN; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; AWARENESS; CANADA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; JAPAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN SCREENING; OBSTETRICIAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STILLBIRTH;

CATALONIA; EUROPE; LATIN AMERICA; SPAIN;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84960890117     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12687     Document Type: Review

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