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Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

2018; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid2501.180646

1080-6059

Rosa Amélia Gonçalves Santana, Maria Graças V.B. Guerra, Débora Raysa Teixeira de Sousa, Kátia do Nascimento Couceiro, Jessica Vanina Ortiz, Maurício Oliveira, Lucas Silva Ferreira, Kenny R. Souza, Igor Castro Tavares, Romulo F. Morais, George Silva, Gisely Cardoso de Melo, Gabriel M. Vergel, Bernardino Cláudio de Albuquerque, Ana Ruth Lima Arcanjo, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, João Marcos B.B. Ferreira, Marcus Lacerda, Henrique Silveira, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra,

Biochemical and Molecular Research

In the Brazilian Amazon, the suspected source of infection in an outbreak of acute Chagas disease involving 10 patients was Euterpe oleracea (açaí berry) juice. Patient blood and juice samples contained Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV, indicating oral transmission of the Chagas disease agent.