title: Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States.
abstract: To assess patterns of Chagas disease, we reviewed results of screening umbilical cord blood from a US public cord blood bank during 2007-2014. Nineteen maternal donors tested positive for Trypanosoma cruzi parasites (0.04%). Because perinatal transmission of Chagas disease is associated with substantial illness, targeted prenatal programs should screen for this disease.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Jennifer B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gilner
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurtzberg
authors.forename: R Phillips
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Heine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001771:Blood Banks; D001782:Blood Donors; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000469:parasitology*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D015531:Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Chagas disease; Trypanosoma cruzi; parasites; parasitic diseases; umbilical cord blood; vector-borne infections; vertical infection transmission