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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Dorn, Patricia L. ; Perniciaro, Leon ; Yabsley, Michael J. ; Roellig, Dawn M. ; Balsamo, Gary ; ... More +
Dorn, Patricia L. ; Perniciaro, Leon ; Yabsley, Michael J. ; Roellig, Dawn M. ; Balsamo, Gary ; Diaz, James ; Wesson, Dawn Less -
Description:
Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient were positive for T. cruzi by PCR.
Subjects:
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Aged Animals Antibodies, Protozoan Chagas Disease Dispatch DNA, Protozoan Female Humans Insect Bites And Stings Insect Vectors Male Polymerase Chain Reaction Trypanosoma Cruzi
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(4):605-607.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
AI 067304/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; AI58303/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; R15 AI067304-01A1/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; T01/CCT622308/PHS HHS/United States ; U01/DD000026/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States
AI 067304/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; AI58303/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; R15 AI067304-01A1/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; T01/CCT622308/PHS HHS/United States ; U01/DD000026/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
Louisiana
Location:
North America
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:5ab933a112df90e06cc91ff2d211071cedba0a532cabd816d49c26d488122803
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16497/cdc_16497_DS1.pdf
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