title: Transfusional chagas disease: parasitological and serological monitoring of an infected recipient and blood donor.
abstract: Chagas disease is endemic to Latin America, but human migration is extending its distribution. This report describes the parasitological and serological course of disease in a Spanish patient fatally infected via a blood product transfusion, as well as the monitoring of the donor. Before undergoing immunosuppression, multitransfused patients should be screened for anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Flores-Chávez
authors.forename: Begoña
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Sabino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puente
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monedero
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gárate
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cañavate
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001782:Blood Donors; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013030:Spain; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D016054:DNA, Protozoan