title: Perinatal Screening for Chagas Disease in Southern Texas.
abstract: Perinatal screening for Trypanosoma cruzi in a cohort of 4000 predominantly Hispanic women in southern Texas revealed that Chagas disease occurs with sufficient frequency (0.25%) that targeted perinatal screening should be considered to identify infected mothers and infants at risk for congenital infection.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Morven S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Marcia A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rench
authors.affiliation: Parasitic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.affiliation: Parasitic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Czaicki
authors.affiliation: Parasitic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Francis J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Steurer
authors.affiliation: University of California San Francisco.
authors.forename: Caryn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bern
authors.affiliation: Parasitic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Susan P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Montgomery
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D017218:Cordocentesis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Chagas disease; Trypanosoma cruzi.; congenital infection; newborn infant