title: [Chagas screening in pregnant Latin-American women. Experience in Poniente Almeriense (Almeria, Spain)].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The transmission of Chagas disease is a public health problem in non-endemic countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chagas screening was performed by two serological tests in pregnant women from endemic areas for 4 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We studied 261 pregnant women from 13 Latin American countries, making a confirmatory diagnosis (two positive tests) in 4 cases. There was no case of vertical transmission.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although Chagas disease has a low prevalence in the province of Almeria, the screening is necessary for the detection and treatment of infants with the disease.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Medicina Tropical, Hospital de Poniente, El Ejido, Almería, España. yochere@yahoo.es
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Vilches
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salas
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cabezas
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Metz
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: Manuel Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Soriano
mesh_terms: D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology