Perinatal Screening for Chagas Disease in Southern Texas

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• Alternative Title:
  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
• Personal Author:
  Edwards, Morven S. ; Rench, Marcia A. ; Todd, Charles W. ; Czaicki, Nancy ; Steurer, Francis J. ; Bern, Caryn ; Montgomery, Susan P.
• Description:
  Perinatal screening for Trypanosoma cruzi in a cohort of 4000 predominantly Hispanic women in southern Texas revealed that Chagas disease occurs with sufficient frequency (0.25%) that targeted perinatal screening should be considered to identify infected mothers and infants at risk for congenital infection.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Article Chagas Disease Congenital Infection Cordocentesis Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Humans Infant, Newborn Middle Aged Newborn Infant Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic Prevalence Texas Trypanosoma Cruzi Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 4(1):67-70
• Pubmed ID:
  26407360
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10165846
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a22a81753f893c7584ec1b57f788323ac776d770804060978bf1fe5aa1130fec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/128311/cdc_128311_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 300.80 KB ]