Toward Improving Early Diagnosis of Congenital Chagas Disease in an Endemic Setting | Zendy

Louisa A. Messenger | Zendy; Robert H. Gilman | Zendy; Manuela Verástegui | Zendy; Gerson GaldosCardenas | Zendy; Gerardo Sánchez | Zendy; Edward Valencia | Zendy; Leny Sanchez | Zendy; Edith Málaga | Zendy; Victoria R. Rendell | Zendy; Malasa Jois | Zendy; Vishal Shah | Zendy; Nicole Santos | Zendy; Maria del Carmen Abastoflor | Zendy; Carlos LaFuente | Zendy; Rony Colanzi | Zendy; Ricardo Bozo | Zendy; Caryn Bern | Zendy

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Toward Improving Early Diagnosis of Congenital Chagas Disease in an Endemic Setting

Author(s) -

Louisa A. Messenger,

Robert H. Gilman,

Manuela Verástegui,

Gerson GaldosCardenas,

Gerardo Sánchez,

Edward Valencia,

Leny Sanchez,

Edith Málaga,

Victoria R. Rendell,

Malasa Jois,

Vishal Shah,

Nicole Santos,

Maria del Carmen Abastoflor,

Carlos LaFuente,

Rony Colanzi,

Ricardo Bozo,

Caryn Bern

Publication year - 2017

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/cix277

Subject(s) - chagas disease , medicine , trypanosoma cruzi , serology , respiratory distress , pediatrics , antibody , public health , immunology , parasite hosting , pathology , surgery , world wide web , computer science

Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi transmission is now estimated to account for 22% of new infections, representing a significant public health problem across Latin America and internationally. Treatment during infancy is highly efficacious and well tolerated, but current assays for early detection fail to detect >50% of infected neonates, and 9-month follow-up is low.

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