Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina

Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, infects 10-18 million people and may be transmitted to the newborn. Using various data sources, we estimated that nearly 850 congenital cases occurred in Argentina in 1993, or 6.3 expected cases per each reported case in 1994 and in 1994-2001...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2003-01, Vol.9 (1), p.29-32
Main Authors: Gürtler, Ricardo E, Segura, Elsa L, Cohen, Joel E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Argentina - epidemiology
Chagas disease
Chagas Disease - congenital
Chagas Disease - epidemiology
Chagas Disease - transmission
Communicable diseases
congenital
control
Demographic aspects
Disease transmission
Diseases
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infants (Newborn)
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Male
Middle Aged
Physiological aspects
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - parasitology
Statistics
surveillance
transmission
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi - immunology
trypanosomiasis
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Summary:Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, infects 10-18 million people and may be transmitted to the newborn. Using various data sources, we estimated that nearly 850 congenital cases occurred in Argentina in 1993, or 6.3 expected cases per each reported case in 1994 and in 1994-2001. The congenital transmission of T. cruzi constitutes a sizeable public health problem in the region.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid0901.020274