Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana.
Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient were positive for T. cruzi by PCR.
Dorn
Patricia L
PL
Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA. dorn@loyno.edu
Perniciaro
Leon
L
Yabsley
Michael J
MJ
Roellig
Dawn M
DM
Balsamo
Gary
G
Diaz
James
J
Wesson
Dawn
D
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000469:parasitology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014224:Triatoma / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D016054:DNA, Protozoan