Description of an oral Chagas disease outbreak in Venezuela, including a vertically transmitted case

We describe the eleventh major outbreak of foodborne Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in urban Venezuela, including evidence for vertical transmission from the index case to her fetus. After confirming fetal death at 24 weeks of gestation, pregnancy interruption was performed. On direct examination of...

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Main Authors: Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Gladymar Pérez-Chacón, Zoraida Díaz-Bello, Sonia Dickson, Arturo Muñoz-Calderón, Carlos Hernández, Yadira Pérez, Luciano Mauriello, Eyleen Moronta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762017000800569&lng=en&tlng=en