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Prevention of congenital Chagas through treatment of girls and women of childbearing age

2015; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 110; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0074-02760140347

1678-8060

Guillermo Moscatelli, Samanta Moroni, Facundo García‐Bournissen, Griselda Ballering, Margarita Bisio, Héctor Freilij, Jaime Altcheh,

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation

It is currently unknown whether treatment of Chagas disease decreases the risk of congenital transmission from previously treated mothers to their infants. In a cohort of women with Chagas disease previously treated with benznidazole, no congenital transmission of the disease was observed in their newborns. This finding provides support for the treatment of Chagas disease as early as possible.