Seroprevalence and vertical transmission of Chagas disease in a cohort of Latin-American pregnant women in a tertiary hospital in Madrid
Background: Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), is endemic in Latin-America and is emerging in Spain due to immigration. The vertical transmission rate is around 5%. A routine prenatal screening with serology of all pregnant women from endemic areas is recommended to identify inf...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Elsevier
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Anales de Pediatría (English Edition) |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2341287918300085 |