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Chagas' disease: study of congenital transmission in cases of acute maternal infection

2005; Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine; Volume: 38; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0037-86822005000100010

1678-9849

Edgardo Moretti, Beatriz Basso, Irma Castro, Mario Carrizo Paez, Marcela Chaul, G Barbieri, Dámaso Canal Feijoo, M.J. Sartori, Rubén Carrizo Paez,

Trypanosoma species research and implications

We studied three pregnant women with acute chagasic infection. Two patients, infected in the third trimester of pregnancy, had uninfected children. The third patient, infected earlier, had an infected newborn. These results encourage research on risk factors of transmission and on medical decisions concerning pregnant women with acute Chagas' disease.