[Congenital Chagas disease in Geneva: diagnostic and clinical aspects].
Chagas disease, a parasitic infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, recently emerged in Europe and in Switzerland. Mother-to-child infection represents a major mode of transmission in non endemic areas. In 2008, 305 Latin American pregnant women consulting at the Geneva University Hospitals were screened by serology. Overall prevalence was 2% and 8.8% in Bolivian women. All infected women were in the indeterminate form of the chronic phase. Two newborns were congenitally infected. Considering the potential for vertical transmission and the risk of long-term complications, screening programs for persons at risk need to be implemented.
Martinez de Tejada
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Département de gynécologie-obstétrique, HUG, Genevè. begona.mdt@bluewin.ch
Jackson
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Y
Paccolat
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C
Irion
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O
D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology