Possible oral transmission of acute Chagas' disease in Brazil Possível transmissão oral de doença de Chagas aguda, no Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: M.A. Shikanai-Yasuda, C. Brisola Marcondes, L. A. Guedes, G.S. Siqueira, A.A. Barone, J.C.P. Dias, V. Amato Neto, J.E. Tolezano, B.A. Peres, E.R. Arruda Jr., M.H. Lopes, M. Shiroma, E. Chapadeiro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1991
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651991000500003; https://doaj.org/article/ceb3026d43ef4e6e85d1b52df3688761

In October, 1986, 7 to 22 days after a meeting at a farm in Paraíba state, 26 individuals presented with a febrile illness associated with bilateral eyelid and lower limb edema, mild hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy and, occasionally a skin rash. A 11-year-old boy exhibited atrial premature compl...