Chagas' disease: study of congenital transmission in cases of acute maternal infection



Document title: Chagas' disease: study of congenital transmission in cases of acute maternal infection
Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000282679
ISSN: 0037-8682
Authors: 1


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Institutions: 1Servicio Nacional de Chagas, Departamento Diagnóstico y Tratamiento, Córdoba. Argentina
2Hospital Rawson, Córdoba. Argentina
3Centro de Chagas y Patología Regional, Santiago del Estero. Argentina
4Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Córdoba. Argentina
Year:
Season: Ene-Feb
Volumen: 38
Number: 1
Pages: 53-55
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Nota breve o noticia
Approach: Descriptivo
English abstract We studied three pregnant women with acute chagasic infection. Two patients, infected in the third trimester of pregnancy, had uninfected children. The third patient, infected earlier, had an infected newborn. These results encourage research on risk factors of transmission and on medical decisions concerning pregnant women with acute Chagas' disease
Portuguese abstract Se descrevem 3 gestantes com a doença de Chagas aguda. Duas gestantes infetadas no 3º trimestre de gestação não tiveram crianças infetadas. O 3º filho, doquella madre foi infetada no 1º trimestre, nasceu com doença de Chagas congénita. Estes resultados inducem a investigação sobre os fatores de riscos da transmição e sobre as desições médicas na conducção dos casos de gestantes com a doença de Chagas aguda
Disciplines: Biología,
Medicina
Keyword: Parasitología,
Ginecología y obstetricia,
Salud pública,
Enfermedad de Chagas,
Trypanosoma cruzi,
Infecciones congénitas,
Embarazo
Keyword: Biology,
Medicine,
Parasitology,
Gynecology and obstetrics,
Public health,
Chagas disease,
Trypanosoma cruzi,
Congenital infections,
Pregnancy
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