Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland

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Titel: Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland
Autoren: Jackson, Yves-Laurent Julien, Myers, Catherine Jayne, Diana, Alessandro, Marti, Hans Peter, Wolff, Hans, Chappuis, François, Loutan, Louis, Gervaix, Alain
Quelle: Emerg Infect Dis
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp 601-603 (2009)
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 15, No 4 (2009) pp. 601-603
Verlagsinformationen: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2009.
Publikationsjahr: 2009
Schlagwörter: Bolivia/ethnology, Adult, Chagas disease, Bolivia, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Trypanosoma cruzi, Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/diagnosis/*epidemiology, Chagas Disease/*congenital/diagnosis/epidemiology/*transmission, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Communicable Diseases, Emerging, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Switzerland/epidemiology, 0302 clinical medicine, Pregnancy, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Humans, Chagas Disease, ddc:613, Retrospective Studies, ddc:616, ddc:618, screening, congenital, Dispatch, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Emigration and Immigration, Communicable Diseases, Emerging/*congenital/diagnosis/epidemiology/*transmission, Latin America/ethnology, 3. Good health, Latin America, Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic, Medicine, endemic, Female, Algorithms, Switzerland
Beschreibung: International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland. A retrospective study to detect Chagas disease showed a prevalence of 9.7% among 72 Latin American women tested during pregnancy in Switzerland.
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Dateibeschreibung: application/pdf
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/1504.080438
DOI: 10.3201/eid1504.080438
Zugangs-URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19331743
https://doaj.org/article/dc548aa60d7c4958a7581bf9a021de01
https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:19873
Rights: CC BY
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Datenbank: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland. A retrospective study to detect Chagas disease showed a prevalence of 9.7% among 72 Latin American women tested during pregnancy in Switzerland.
ISSN:10806059
10806040
DOI:10.3201/1504.080438