Mother-child transmission of Chagas disease: could coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus increase the risk? Transmissão materno-fetal da doença de Chagas: poderia a co-infecção com vírus da imunodeficiência humana aumentar o risco?

A study was conducted on all newborns from mothers with Chagas disease who were attended at Hospital Donación F. Santojanni between January 1, 2001, and August 31, 2007. Each child was investigated for the presence of Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia through direct examination of blood under the micros...

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Main Authors: Pablo Gustavo Scapellato, Edgardo Gabriel Bottaro, María Teresa Rodríguez-Brieschke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2009-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822009000200002