Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina
Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, infects 10-18 million people and may be transmitted to the newborn. Using various data sources, we estimated that nearly 850 congenital cases occurred in Argentina in 1993, or 6.3 expected cases per each reported case in 1994 and in 1994-2001...
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todo:paper_10806040_v9_n1_p29_Gurtler2023-10-03T16:03:45Z Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina Gürtler, R.E. Segura, E.L. Cohen, J.E. Argentina article Chagas disease human incidence infection rate infection risk major clinical study newborn Trypanosoma cruzi vertical transmission Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, infects 10-18 million people and may be transmitted to the newborn. Using various data sources, we estimated that nearly 850 congenital cases occurred in Argentina in 1993, or 6.3 expected cases per each reported case in 1994 and in 1994-2001. The congenital transmission of T. cruzi constitutes a sizeable public health problem in the region. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10806040_v9_n1_p29_Gurtler |
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Argentina article Chagas disease human incidence infection rate infection risk major clinical study newborn Trypanosoma cruzi vertical transmission |
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Argentina article Chagas disease human incidence infection rate infection risk major clinical study newborn Trypanosoma cruzi vertical transmission Gürtler, R.E. Segura, E.L. Cohen, J.E. Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina |
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Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, infects 10-18 million people and may be transmitted to the newborn. Using various data sources, we estimated that nearly 850 congenital cases occurred in Argentina in 1993, or 6.3 expected cases per each reported case in 1994 and in 1994-2001. The congenital transmission of T. cruzi constitutes a sizeable public health problem in the region. |
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Gürtler, R.E. Segura, E.L. Cohen, J.E. |
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Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina |
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Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina |
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Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina |
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Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina |
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Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina |
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congenital transmission of trypanosoma cruzi infection in argentina |
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