title: Chagas' disease: study of congenital transmission in cases of acute maternal infection.
abstract: We studied three pregnant women with acute chagasic infection. Two patients, infected in the third trimester of pregnancy, had uninfected children. The third patient, infected earlier, had an infected newborn. These results encourage research on risk factors of transmission and on medical decisions concerning pregnant women with acute Chagas' disease.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Diagnóstico y Tratamiento, Servicio Nacional de Chagas, Córdoba, Argentina. ebi@fcm.unc.edu.ar
authors.forename: Edgardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moretti
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Basso
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrizo Paez
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaul
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: Dámaso
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Canal Feijoo
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carrizo Paez
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000151:congenital / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D009593:Nitroimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012307:Risk Factors; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D009593:Nitroimidazoles; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents; C009999:benzonidazole