The performance of laboratory tests in the management of a large outbreak of orally transmitted Chagas disease

The performance of laboratory tests in the management of a large outbreak of orally transmitted Chagas disease

Orally transmitted Chagas disease (ChD), which is a well-known entity in the Brazilian Amazon Region, was first documented in Venezuela in December 2007, when 103 people attending an urban public school in Caracas became infected by ingesting juice that was contaminated with Trypanosoma cruzi. The i...

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Main Authors: Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Zoraida Díaz-Bello, Cecilia Colmenares, Reinaldo Zavala-Jaspe, Teresa Abate, Rosa Contreras, Sandra Losada, Domingo Artigas, Luciano Mauriello, Raiza Ruiz-Guevara, Oscar Noya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2012-11-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Chagas disease
oral transmission
outbreak
diagnosis
serology
Venezuela
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