Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a non-endemic area
Por:
Muñoz J, Portús M, Corachan M, Fumadó V and Gascon J
Publicada:
1 nov 2007
Ahead of Print:
25 jul 2007
Resumen:
In May 2004, after launching a screening programme to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Latin American population, a case of congenital infection in a 2-year-old boy was discovered in Barcelona. Few cases of congenital transmission have been described in nonendemic areas and little is known about the epidemiological and clinical. features of congenital Chagas disease in this context. The increase in Latin American immigrants in Europe and the USA requires greater epidemiological surveillance and appropriate diagnostic techniques for managing T cruzi infections. (C) 2007 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All. rights reserved.
Filiaciones:
Muñoz J:
Secció de Medicina Tropical, Centre de Salut Internacional, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, c/Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Portús M:
Secció de Medicina Tropical, Centre de Salut Internacional, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, c/Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Corachan M:
Secció de Medicina Tropical, Centre de Salut Internacional, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, c/Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Fumadó V:
Secció de Medicina Tropical, Centre de Salut Internacional, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, c/Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
Gascon J:
Secció de Medicina Tropical, Centre de Salut Internacional, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, c/Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
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