Evidence of Likely Autochthonous Transmission of Chagas Disease in Arizona.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 99(6): 1534-1536, 2018 12.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30277208
A healthy 16-year-old girl born and raised in Tucson, AZ, had screening and confirmatory testing revealing Chagas disease; clinical evaluation established that she had the indeterminate form of chronic Chagas disease with evidence of likely autochthonous transmission. Trypanosoma cruzi DNA was detected by conventional polymerase chain reaction in Triatoma rubida captured at her home.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Triatoma
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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DNA de Protozoário
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Doença de Chagas
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Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa
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Insetos Vetores
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article