Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma Cruzi in Southern California | Zendy

Salvador Hernández | Zendy; Carmen A. Flores | Zendy; Gracia Viana | Zendy; Daniel R. Sanchez | Zendy; Mahmoud Traina | Zendy; Sheba Meymandi | Zendy

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Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma Cruzi in Southern California

Author(s) -

Salvador Hernández,

Carmen A. Flores,

Gracia Viana,

Daniel R. Sanchez,

Mahmoud Traina,

Sheba Meymandi

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofw227

Subject(s) - trypanosoma cruzi , transmission (telecommunications) , chagas disease , vector (molecular biology) , latin americans , virology , medicine , biology , parasite hosting , genetics , telecommunications , gene , law , world wide web , computer science , recombinant dna , political science

Trypanosoma cruzi usually infects humans via triatomine insects in Latin America. Vector-borne transmission in the United States is exceedingly rare. We describe (1) the first case of probable autochthonous transmission reported in California in more than 30 years and (2) the first ever reported case in the greater Los Angeles area.

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