Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Dorn, Patricia L. ; Perniciaro, Leon ; Yabsley, Michael J. ; Roellig, Dawn M. ; Balsamo, Gary ; Diaz, James ; Wesson, Dawn
• 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:
  Aged Animals Antibodies, Protozoan Chagas Disease Dispatch DNA, Protozoan Female Humans Insect Bites And Stings Insect Vectors Male Polymerase Chain Reaction Trypanosoma Cruzi

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• 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
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5ab933a112df90e06cc91ff2d211071cedba0a532cabd816d49c26d488122803
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16497/cdc_16497_DS1.pdf
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