Perinatal screening for chagas disease in southern Texas

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-70

  Edwards, Morven S ^a   Rench, Marcia A ^a   Todd, Charles W ^b   Czaicki, Nancy ^b   Steurer, Francis J ^b   Bern, Caryn ^c   Montgomery, Susan P ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Congenital infection; Newborn infant; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERINATAL CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CORDOCENTESIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; TEXAS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CORDOCENTESIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; TEXAS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006210805     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pit056     Document Type: Article

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