Perinatal Screening for Chagas Disease in Southern Texas.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
; 4(1): 67-70, 2015 Mar.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26407360
ABSTRACT
Perinatal screening for Trypanosoma cruzi in a cohort of 4000 predominantly Hispanic women in southern Texas revealed that Chagas disease occurs with sufficient frequency (0.25%) that targeted perinatal screening should be considered to identify infected mothers and infants at risk for congenital infection.
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Assunto principal:
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Doença de Chagas
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Complicações Parasitárias na Gravidez
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article