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Risk Factors and Primary Prevention of Congenital Chagas Disease in a Nonendemic Country

Author(s) -

Laura Murcia,

Bartolomé Carrilero,

María José Muñoz-Dávila,

M. Carmen Thomas,

Manuel Carlos López,

Manuel Segovia

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis910

Subject(s) - medicine , chagas disease , trypanosoma cruzi , transmission (telecommunications) , cohort , polymerase chain reaction , predictive value , cohort study , disease , longitudinal study , pediatrics , immunology , pathology , parasite hosting , world wide web , computer science , electrical engineering , engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , gene

In this longitudinal cohort study we evaluated the congenital transmission of Chagas disease (CD) in a nonendemic area. The aim of this work was to analyze the predictive value of a Trypanosoma cruzi-positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) result in pregnant women for the diagnosis of vertical transmission and to evaluate the use of PCR as a tool for early detection of infection.

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