Possible risk factors for vertical transmission of Chagas' disease Possíveis fatores de risco na transmissão vertical da doença de Chagas

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Author: Achiléa L. Bittencourt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1992
• Subjects: American trypanosomiasis; Vertical transmission; Congenital Chagas' disease; Breast-feeding; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651992000500006; https://doaj.org/article/f5127bf1a6c044d2a4ea1cea6ed51cbc

The author emphasizes the importance of the congenital transmission of Chagas' disease and discusses the possible risk factors for transmission such as age, origin, obstetrical history and maternal form of disease. Exacerbation of infection during pregnancy is also considered as a possible risk...