Acute Chagas disease outbreak associated with oral transmission Surto de doença de Chagas aguda associada à transmissão oral

Acute Chagas disease outbreak associated with oral transmission Surto de doença de Chagas aguda associada à transmissão oral

Seven individuals living in a town in the Southwest of Bahia developed sudden signs of cardiac and systemic impairment, with lethality of 28.6%. Serological tests were positive at least in one test in the five patients examined. Forty percent of the Triatoma sordida mynphs found inside or around Try...

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Main Authors: Juarez Pereira Dias, Claudilson Bastos, Eline Araújo, Ana Verônica Mascarenhas, Eduardo Martins Netto, Fernanda Grassi, Miralba Silva, Erica Tatto, Jorge Mendonça, Renato Freitas Araújo, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda, Roque Aras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2008-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Doenças de Chagas aguda
Trypanosoma cruzi
Triatoma sordida
Epidemiologia
Surto
Acute Chagas disease
Epidemiology
Outbreak
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