Chagas' disease: study of congenital transmission in cases of acute maternal infection

We studied three pregnant women with acute chagasic infection. Two patients, infected in the third trimester of pregnancy, had uninfected children. The third patient, infected earlier, had an infected newborn. These results encourage research on risk factors of transmission and on medical decisions...

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Main Authors: Edgardo Moretti, Beatriz Basso, Irma Castro, Mario Carrizo Paez, Marcela Chaul, Gustavo Barbieri, Dámaso Canal Feijoo, María José Sartori, Rubén Carrizo Paez
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2005
Subjects:
Chagas' disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
Congenital infection
Acute maternal Trypanosoma cruzi infection
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3e997a5dd5ea4dab8b7c333cb7e68752
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Summary:We studied three pregnant women with acute chagasic infection. Two patients, infected in the third trimester of pregnancy, had uninfected children. The third patient, infected earlier, had an infected newborn. These results encourage research on risk factors of transmission and on medical decisions concerning pregnant women with acute Chagas' disease.

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