Ongoing mother-to-child transmission of Chagas disease in Italy: 2014-18 estimates

Lorenzo Zammarchi; Andrea Angheben; Luisa Galli; Carlo Dani; Mariarosaria Di Tommaso; Felice Petraglia; Filomena Bruna Aliani; Michele Trotta; Michele Spinicci; Pedro Albajar Viñas; Alessandro Bartoloni

doi:10.1093/jtm/taaa201

Ongoing mother-to-child transmission of Chagas disease in Italy: 2014-18 estimates

J Travel Med. 2021 Jan 6;28(1):taaa201. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa201.

Authors

Lorenzo Zammarchi^{1

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4}, Andrea Angheben⁵, Luisa Galli⁶, Carlo Dani⁷, Mariarosaria Di Tommaso⁸, Felice Petraglia⁹, Filomena Bruna Aliani¹⁰, Michele Trotta^{2

4}, Michele Spinicci¹, Pedro Albajar Viñas¹¹, Alessandro Bartoloni^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy.
² Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University and Hospital, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy.
³ Referral Center for Tropical Diseases of Tuscany, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy.
⁴ Referral Center for Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy of Tuscany, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy.
⁵ Department of Infectious -Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria Hospital, viale Luigi Rizzardi 4, 37024, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy.
⁶ Department of Health Sciences University of Florence, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Division, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, viale Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy.
⁷ Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Careggi University Hospital of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy.
⁸ Department of Health Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology Branch, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy.
⁹ Biomedical, Sperimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy.
¹⁰ School of Human Health Sciences, Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.

PMID: 33094338
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa201

No abstract available

Keywords: Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosomiasis; congenital; migrants; neonates; pregnancy.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Chagas Disease*
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Italy / epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic*

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International