Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Santana, Rosa Amélia G. ; Guerra, Maria Graças V.B. ; Sousa, Débora R. ; Couceiro, Kátia ; Ortiz, Jessica V. ; Oliveira, Maurício ; Ferreira, Lucas S. ; Souza, Kenny R. ; Tavares, Igor C. ; Morais, Romulo F. ; Silva, George A.V. ; Melo, Gisely C. ; Vergel, Gabriel M. ; Albuquerque, Bernardino C. ; Arcanjo, Ana Ruth L. ; Monteiro, Wuelton M. ; Ferreira, João Marcos B.B. ; Lacerda, Marcus V.G. ; Silveira, Henrique ; Guerra, Jorge Augusto O.
• Description:
  In the Brazilian Amazon, the suspected source of infection in an outbreak of acute Chagas disease involving 10 patients was Euterpe oleracea (açaí berry) juice. Patient blood and juice samples contained Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV, indicating oral transmission of the Chagas disease agent.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Chagas Disease Disease Outbreaks Euterpe Female Food Safety Fruit And Vegetable Juices Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(1):132-135
• Pubmed ID:
  30561299
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6302584
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:98bb9688d07315dedb2658ffb9590171a16abd94bd66dffe1a5a1048f559c42d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/80441/cdc_80441_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.30 MB ]