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Acute Chagas disease outbreak associated with oral transmission

2008; Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine; Volume: 41; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0037-86822008000300014

1678-9849

Juarez Pereira Dias, Claudilson Bastos, Eline Gomes de Araújo, Ana Verônica Mascarenhas, Eduardo Martins Netto, Fernanda Grassi, Miralba Silva, Érica Tatto, Jorge Souza Mendonça, Renato Freitas de Araújo, Maria Aparecida Shikanai‐Yasuda, Roque Aras,

Trypanosoma species research and implications

Seven individuals living in a town in the Southwest of Bahia developed sudden signs of cardiac and systemic impairment, with lethality of 28.6%. Serological tests were positive at least in one test in the five patients examined. Forty percent of the Triatoma sordida mynphs found inside or around Trypanosoma cruzi were found by blood culturig in there out five cases the homes of these cases were positive for Trypanosoma cruzi. Transmission probably occurred through consumption of water contaminated with triatomine feces. These findings emphasize the necessity to evaluation the importance of vectors like Triatoma sordida in maintaining the endemicity of this disease.