Congenital transmission of Chagas disease in Latin American immigrants in Switzerland

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr;15(4):601-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1504.080438.

Abstract

International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland. A retrospective study to detect Chagas disease showed a prevalence of 9.7% among 72 Latin American women tested during pregnancy in Switzerland.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Algorithms
  • Bolivia / ethnology
  • Chagas Disease / congenital*
  • Chagas Disease / diagnosis
  • Chagas Disease / epidemiology
  • Chagas Disease / transmission*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / congenital*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / transmission*
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Latin America / ethnology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / epidemiology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Switzerland / epidemiology
  • Young Adult