Prevention of congenital Chagas through treatment of girls and women of childbearing age

It is currently unknown whether treatment of Chagas disease decreases the risk of congenital transmission from previously treated mothers to their infants. In a cohort of women with Chagas disease previously treated with benznidazole, no congenital transmission of the disease was observed in their n...

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Main Authors: Guillermo Moscatelli, Samanta Moroni, Facundo García-Bournissen, Griselda Ballering, Margarita Bisio, Héctor Freilij, Jaime Altcheh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2015-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000400507&lng=en&tlng=en