Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Jackson, Yves ; Myers, Catherine ; Diana, Alessandro ; Marti, Hans-Peter ; Wolff, Hans ; Chappuis, François ; Loutan, Louis ; Gervaix, Alain
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Algorithms Chagas Disease Communicable Diseases, Emerging Emigration And Immigration Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic Retrospective Studies Seroepidemiologic Studies Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(4):601-603.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Bolivia ; Switzerland
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6dbd91757523e6b9bb673b77a7ef8d8c911213ad93b1047ec0ae0233877d8196
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17277/cdc_17277_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 175.65 KB ]