Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland

Autor:	Yves Jackson, Catherine Myers, Alessandro Diana, Hans-Peter Marti, Hans Wolff, François Chappuis, Louis Loutan, Alain Gervaix
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Chagas disease congenital Trypanosoma cruzi endemic screening Switzerland Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp 601-603 (2009)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1504.080438
Popis:	International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland. A retrospective study to detect Chagas disease showed a prevalence of 9.7% among 72 Latin American women tested during pregnancy in Switzerland.
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