Trypanosoma cruzi-infected pregnant women without vector exposure have higher parasitemia levels: Implications for congenital transmission risk

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Rendell, Victoria R ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^b   Valencia, Edward ^c,g   Galdos Cardenas, Gerson ^b   Verastegui, Manuela ^c   Sanchez, Leny ^c   Acosta, Janet ^c   Sanchez, Gerardo ^c   Ferrufino, Lisbeth ^d   LaFuente, Carlos ^e   Del Carmen Abastoflor, Maria ^e   Colanzi, Rony ^d   Bern, Caryn ^f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d Bolivian Catholic University 'San Pablo'   (Bolivia)

^e Hospital Universitario Japonés   (Bolivia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL TRANSMISSION RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFESTED HOUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PARITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REPEATED SUPERINFECTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SUPERINFECTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWINS; URBAN AREA; VECTOR BORNE PARASITE EXPOSURE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TRANSMISSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961289170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119527     Document Type: Article

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