| Journal: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000392305 |
| ISSN: | 0074-0276 |
| Authors: | Luquetti, Alejandro O1 Tavares, Suelene Brito do Nascimento1 Siriano, Liliane da Rocha1 Oliveira, Rozangela Amaral de1 Campos, Dayse Elizabeth1 Morais, Cicilio Alves de1 Oliveira, Enio Chaves de1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal de Goias, Nucleo de Estudos de Doenca de Chagas, Goiania, Goias. Brasil |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Season: | May |
| Volumen: | 110 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 369-376 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Estadística o encuesta |
| Approach: | Analítico |
| English abstract | Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi during pregnancy is estimated to occur in less than 20% of infected mothers; however, the etiopathogenesis is not completely understood. The Centre for Studies on Chagas Disease provides confirmation of T. cruzi infection for individuals living in central Brazil. In this retrospective hospital-based study, all requests for diagnosis of T. cruzi infection in individuals less than 21 years old from 1994-2014 were searched. We end with 1,211 individuals and their respective infected mothers. Congenital transmission of infection was confirmed in 24 individuals (2%) in central Brazil, an area where the main T. cruzi lineage circulating in humans is TcII. This low prevalence of congenital Chagas disease is discussed in relation to recent findings in the south region of Brazil, where TcV is the main lineage and congenital transmission has a higher prevalence (approximately 5%), similar to frequencies reported in Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia. This is the first report to show geographical differences in the rates of congenital transmission of T. cruzi and the relationship between the prevalence of congenital transmission and the type of Tc prevalent in each region |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Microbiología, Salud pública, Enfermedad de Chagas, Transmisión congénita, Trypanosoma cruzi, Diferenciación geográfica, Prevalencia |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Microbiology, Public health, Chagas disease, Congenital transmission, Trypanosoma cruzi, Geographic differentiation, Prevalence |
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