Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States

To assess patterns of Chagas disease, we reviewed results of screening umbilical cord blood from a US public cord blood bank during 2007-2014. Nineteen maternal donors tested positive for Trypanosoma cruzi parasites (0.04%). Because perinatal transmission of Chagas disease is associated with substan...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2016-08, Vol.22 (8), p.1468-1470
Main Authors: Edwards, James M, Gilner, Jennifer B, Hernandez, Jose, Kurtzberg, Joanne, Heine, R Phillips
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Blood Banks
Blood Donors
Chagas disease
Chagas Disease - blood
Chagas Disease - epidemiology
Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States
Cohort Studies
Dispatch
Female
Fetal Blood - parasitology
Hemagglutination Tests
Humans
parasitic diseases
Pregnancy
Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay
Retrospective Studies
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi - isolation & purification
umbilical cord blood
vector-borne infections
vertical infection transmission
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Summary:To assess patterns of Chagas disease, we reviewed results of screening umbilical cord blood from a US public cord blood bank during 2007-2014. Nineteen maternal donors tested positive for Trypanosoma cruzi parasites (0.04%). Because perinatal transmission of Chagas disease is associated with substantial illness, targeted prenatal programs should screen for this disease.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2208.151622