Evaluation of Chagas' disease transmission through breast-feeding Avaliação da transmissão da doença de Chagas através da amamentação
On hundred milk or colostrum samples from 78 mothers with chronic Chagas' disease were parasitologically studied for Trypanosoma cruzi infection by means of direct examination and inoculation of mice. The mice were submitted to direct bllod examination three times a week. At the end of 45 days,...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1988-03-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761988000100005 |