Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil

Nóbrega, Aglaêr A.; Garcia, Marcio H.; Tatto, Erica; Obara, Marcos T.; Costa, Elenild; Sobel, Jeremy; Araujo, Wildo N.

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Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil

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Apr 2009
By Nóbrega, Aglaêr A. ; Garcia, Marcio H. ; Tatto, Erica ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Nóbrega, Aglaêr A. ; Garcia, Marcio H. ; Tatto, Erica ; Obara, Marcos T. ; Costa, Elenild ; Sobel, Jeremy ; Araujo, Wildo N.
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In 2006, a total of 178 cases of acute Chagas disease were reported from the Amazonian state of Pará, Brazil. Eleven occurred in Barcarena and were confirmed by visualization of parasites on blood smears. Using cohort and case-control studies, we implicated oral transmission by consumption of açaí palm fruit.
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Animals Arecaceae Case-Control Studies Chagas Disease Cohort Studies Communicable Diseases, Emerging Disease Outbreaks Food Parasitology Fruit Humans Retrospective Studies Trypanosoma Cruzi
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Emerg Infect Dis. 15(4):653-655.
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Journal Article
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Dispatch
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Brazil
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15
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4
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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