Congenital transmission of Chagas disease in a non-endemic area, is an early diagnosis possible?
<h4>Background</h4>Chagas disease (CD) is an emergent disease in Europe, due to immigration. The aims of this study are to describe the epidemiological characteristics of a cohort of Chagas infected pregnant women in Spain, to assess the vertical transmission (VT) rate and evaluate the u...
Main Authors: | Laura Francisco-González, Alba Rubio-San-Simón, María Isabel González-Tomé, Ángela Manzanares, Cristina Epalza, María Del Mar Santos, Teresa Gastañaga, Paloma Merino, José Tomás Ramos-Amador |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218491 |
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