Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Latin American pregnant women and level of compliance of the Valencian Health Programme in the city of Alicante

Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Apr;142(4):888-90. doi: 10.1017/S0950268813001921. Epub 2013 Aug 6.

Authors

J M Ramos¹, H Pinargote¹, M Andreu², J Sastre³, D Torrus⁴, J C Martinez-Escoriza⁵, J Portilla¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
² Section of Microbiology, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
³ Unit of Admission and Documentation, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
⁴ Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
⁵ Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de San Juan, Alicante, Spain.

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MeSH terms

Chagas Disease / congenital*
Chagas Disease / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
Male
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
Trypanosoma cruzi / isolation & purification*