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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Jackson, Yves ; Myers, Catherine ; Diana, Alessandro ; Marti, Hans-Peter ; Wolff, Hans ; ... More +
Jackson, Yves ; Myers, Catherine ; Diana, Alessandro ; Marti, Hans-Peter ; Wolff, Hans ; Chappuis, François ; Loutan, Louis ; Gervaix, Alain Less -
Description:
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.
Subject:
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Adult
Algorithms
Chagas Disease
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Congenital
Dispatch
Emigration And Immigration
Endemic
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
Pregnant Women
Retrospective Studies
Screening
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Trypanosoma Cruzi
Young Adult
Chagas Disease

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 15(4):601-603.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Bolivia ; Switzerland
Bolivia ; Switzerland Less -
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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