Browsing by Subject "Chagas Disease"

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    Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States.
    (Emerging infectious diseases, 2016-08) Edwards, James M; Gilner, Jennifer B; Hernandez, Jose; Kurtzberg, Joanne; Heine, R Phillips
    To assess patterns of Chagas disease, we reviewed results of screening umbilical cord blood from a US public cord blood bank during 2007-2014. Nineteen maternal donors tested positive for Trypanosoma cruzi parasites (0.04%). Because perinatal transmission of Chagas disease is associated with substantial illness, targeted prenatal programs should screen for this disease.
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    Chagas disease: "the new HIV/AIDS of the Americas".
    (PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2012) Hotez, Peter J; Dumonteil, Eric; Woc-Colburn, Laila; Serpa, Jose A; Bezek, Sarah; Edwards, Morven S; Hallmark, Camden J; Musselwhite, Laura W; Flink, Benjamin J; Bottazzi, Maria Elena