INVESTIGADORES
GURTLER Ricardo Esteban
artículos
Título:
Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina
Autor/es:
GURTLER RE; SEGURA EL; COHEN JE
Revista:
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Editorial:
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
Referencias:
Año: 2003 vol. 9 p. 29 - 32
ISSN:
1080-6040
Resumen:
Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease,
infects 10?18 million people and may be transmitted to
the newborn. Using various data sources, we estimated that
nearly 850 congenital cases occurred in Argentina in 1993, or
6.3 expected cases per each reported case in 1994 and in
1994?2001. The congenital transmission of T. cruzi constitutes
a sizeable public health problem in the region.
