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A common European regulation is essential to implement a coherent, unified strategy to detect and treat congenital cases of Chagas disease. Surveillance of mother-to-child transmission is a highly cost-effective method in the control and reduction of the burden of Chagas disease in non-endemic areas...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2017-08, Vol.390 (10096), p.724-726
Main Authors: Navarro, Miriam, Monge-Maíllo, Begoña, Flores-Chavez, María D, López-Vélez, Rogelio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Babies
Chagas disease
Disease control
Disease transmission
Legislation
Parasites
Parasitic diseases
Pathogens
Public health
Qualitative research
Screening
Surveillance
Vector-borne diseases
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Summary:A common European regulation is essential to implement a coherent, unified strategy to detect and treat congenital cases of Chagas disease. Surveillance of mother-to-child transmission is a highly cost-effective method in the control and reduction of the burden of Chagas disease in non-endemic areas.6 Screening of gestating women from endemic areas allows infected newborn babies to be properly treated and cured, and it can lead to detection and treatment of previously unidentified familial cases of Chagas disease.6
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31536-2