Open AccessPerinatal Screening for Chagas Disease in Southern Texas
Author(s) -
M S Edwards,
Marcia A. Rench,
C. W. Todd,
Nancy L. Czaicki,
Frank Steurer,
Caryn Bern,
Susan P. Montgomery
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2048-7207
pISSN - 2048-7193
DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pit056
Subject(s) - medicine , chagas disease , cohort , trypanosoma cruzi , disease , pediatrics , obstetrics , virology , parasite hosting , world wide web , computer science
Perinatal screening for Trypanosoma cruzi in a cohort of 4000 predominantly Hispanic women in southern Texas revealed that Chagas disease occurs with sufficient frequency (0.25%) that targeted perinatal screening should be considered to identify infected mothers and infants at risk for congenital infection.
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