An epidemiological approach to study congenital Chagas' disease

An epidemiological approach to study congenital Chagas' disease

Transplacental transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi has been the focus of much attention in highly endemic areas in South America. Frequency of congenital transmission and factors associated with risk of it are still not well understood. Parasite strains may account for part of the geographical variati...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Ana Lúcia S. S. de Andrade, Fabio Zicker, Celina M. T. Martelli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 1994-07-01
Series:	Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:	chagas' disease congenital transmission trypanosoma cruzi infection case-control studies epidemiology
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1994000800012&lng=en&tlng=en

Similar Items

An epidemiological approach to study congenital Chagas' disease
by: Andrade Ana Lúcia S. S. de, et al.
Published: (1994-01-01)

An epidemiological approach to study congenital Chagas' disease Método epidemiológico na investigação da infecção congênita pelo Trypanosoma cruzi
by: Ana Lúcia S. S. de Andrade, et al.
Published: (1994-01-01)

Congenital Chagas disease: an update
by: Yves Carlier, et al.
Published: (2015-05-01)

Prevention of congenital Chagas through treatment of girls and women of childbearing age
by: Guillermo Moscatelli, et al.
Published: (2015-06-01)

Urban Chagas disease in children and women in primary care centres in Buenos Aires, Argentina
by: Guillermo Moscatelli, et al.
Published: (2015-08-01)

Mother-to-Child Transmission of Congenital Chagas Disease, Japan
by: Kazuo Imai, et al.
Published: (2014-01-01)

The epidemiological significance of Chagas' disease in womem
by: Loretta Brabin
Published: (1992-03-01)

Chagas disease: current epidemiological trends after the interruption of vectorial and transfusional transmission in the Southern Cone countries
by: Alvaro Moncayo
Published: (2003-07-01)

Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland
by: Yves Jackson, et al.
Published: (2009-04-01)

Progress towards interruption of transmission of Chagas disease
by: Alvaro Moncayo
Published: (1999-09-01)

Current epidemiological trends for Chagas disease in Latin America and future challenges in epidemiology, surveillance and health policy
by: Álvaro Moncayo, et al.
Published: (2009-07-01)

Systematic neonatal screening for congenital Chagas disease in Northeast Brazil: prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Southern region of Sergipe
by: Fábia Regina dos Santos, et al.

Chagas, a lógica e a descoberta Chagas, the logic and the discovery
by: François Delaporte
Published: (1995-02-01)

An Approach to The Acute Phase of Chagas' Disease: The Continuing Challenge it Presents in the 21(st) Century
by: Dário C. Sobral Filho

Chagas disease in the Amazon Region
by: Hugo Marcelo Aguilar, et al.

Chagas disease in the Amazon Region
by: Hugo Marcelo Aguilar, et al.
Published: (2007-10-01)

Is Antibody-Dependent Enhancement of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Contributing to Congenital/Neonatal Chagas Disease?
by: Yves Carlier, et al.
Published: (2021-09-01)

Chagas Disease: From Discovery to a Worldwide Health Problem
by: Kárita Cláudia Freitas Lidani, et al.
Published: (2019-07-01)

Epidemiologia de um caso de doença de Chagas na Ilha do Mosqueiro - Pará
by: Adelson A.A. de Souza, et al.
Published: (1988-12-01)

Identificación de nuevos escenarios epidemiológicos para la enfermedad de Chagas en la región momposina, norte de Colombia
by: Carmen Vásquez, et al.
Published: (2013-12-01)

Etiological treatment of young women infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, and prevention of congenital transmission Tratamento etiológico de mulheres jovens infectadas com Trypanosoma cruzi e prevenção da transmissão congênita
by: Sergio Sosa-Estani, et al.
Published: (2009-10-01)

Posible transmisión oral de la enfermedad de Chagas en trabajadores del sector de los hidrocarburos en Casanare, Colombia, 2014
by: Liliana Patricia Zuleta-Dueñas, et al.
Published: (2017-06-01)

Contribuciones de la genética y la proteómica al estudio de la enfermedad de Chagas Genomic and proteomic contributions for Chagas disease control
by: Teresa López-Ordóñez, et al.
Published: (2009-01-01)

Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in central Brazil. A study of 1,211 individuals born to infected mothers
by: Alejandro O Luquetti, et al.
Published: (2015-05-01)

Estudo da fauna de triatomíneos e da ocorrência de doença de Chagas em Monte Negro, Rondônia, Brasil Study of the triatomine fauna and occurrence of Chagas disease in Monte Negro, Rondonia, Brazil
by: Débora Cristina Massaro, et al.
Published: (2008-06-01)

Mother-child transmission of Chagas disease: could coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus increase the risk? Transmissão materno-fetal da doença de Chagas: poderia a co-infecção com vírus da imunodeficiência humana aumentar o risco?
by: Pablo Gustavo Scapellato, et al.
Published: (2009-04-01)

Chronic Heart Disease after Treatment of Oral Acute Chagas Disease
by: Andrei Fornanciari Antunes, et al.

Transmissão da doença de Chagas por transplante renal: ocorrência da forma aguda da doença em dois receptores de um mesmo doador Transmission of Chagas' disease through transplantede kidney: occurrence of the acute form of the disease in two recipients from the same donor
by: A.S. Ferraz, et al.
Published: (1993-10-01)

Anatomopathological Aspects of Acute Chagas Myocarditis by Oral Transmission
by: Dilma do Socorro Moraes de Souza, et al.
Published: (2016-07-01)

Using a Chagas disease hospital database: a clinical and epidemiological patient profile
by: Andressa Bruscato, et al.

An experimental and clinical assay with ketoconazole in the treatment of Chagas disease
by: Zigman Brener, et al.
Published: (1993-03-01)

Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian community Crenças populares relativas à doença de Chagas em uma comunidade de área endêmica do Brasil
by: Sarah Williams-Blangero, et al.
Published: (1999-01-01)

Parasitological cure of Chagas disease: is it possible? Is it relevant?
by: Urbina Julio A
Published: (1999-01-01)

Parasitological cure of Chagas disease: is it possible? Is it relevant?
by: Julio A Urbina
Published: (1999-09-01)

New evidence of spontaneous cure in human Chagas' disease Novas evidências da cura espontânea da doença de Chagas humana
by: Sonia S. Francolino, et al.
Published: (2003-01-01)

Congenital Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi: A Review About the Interactions Between the Parasite, the Placenta, the Maternal and the Fetal/Neonatal Immune Responses
by: Ulrike Kemmerling, et al.
Published: (2019-08-01)

Acute Chagas disease outbreak associated with oral transmission Surto de doença de Chagas aguda associada à transmissão oral
by: Juarez Pereira Dias, et al.
Published: (2008-06-01)

Entomological aspects of Chagas' disease transmission in the domestic habitat, Argentina
by: Catalá SS, et al.
Published: (2004-01-01)

Cardiac Evaluation in the Acute Phase of Chagas’ Disease with Post-Treatment Evolution in Patients Attended in the State of Amazonas, Brazil
by: Jessica Vanina Ortiz, et al.
Published: (2019-01-01)

Criteria of Chagas disease cure
by: J Romeu Cançado
Published: (1999-09-01)