title: Acute Chagas disease outbreak associated with oral transmission.
abstract: 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 Trypanosoma cruzi were found by blood culturig in there out five cases the homes of these cases were positive for Trypanosoma cruzi. Transmission probably occurred through consumption of water contaminated with triatomine feces. These findings emphasize the necessity to evaluation the importance of vectors like Triatoma sordida in maintaining the endemicity of this disease.
authors: Hospital Universitário Prof. Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil. juarez@saude.ba.gov.br
authors: Juarez Pereira
authors: JP
authors: Dias
authors: Claudilson
authors: C
authors: Bastos
authors: Eline
authors: E
authors: Araújo
authors: Ana Verônica
authors: AV
authors: Mascarenhas
authors: Eduardo
authors: E
authors: Martins Netto
authors: Fernanda
authors: F
authors: Grassi
authors: Miralba
authors: M
authors: Silva
authors: Erica
authors: E
authors: Tatto
authors: Jorge
authors: J
authors: Mendonça
authors: Renato Freitas
authors: RF
authors: Araújo
authors: Maria Aparecida
authors: MA
authors: Shikanai-Yasuda
authors: Roque
authors: R
authors: Aras
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014224:Triatoma / Q000469:parasitology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014867:Water / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D014867:Water