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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2012

Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in non-endemic areas: evaluation of a screening program in a tertiary care hospital in Barcelona, Spain.

Susana Otero, Elena Sulleiro, Israel Molina, Maria Espiau, Anna Suy, Andrea Martín-Nalda, Concepción Figueras

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Screening forEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2020
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  3. Frequency of the congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2014
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  5. Epidemiology of congenital Chagas disease 6 years after implementation of a public health surveillance system, Catalonia, 2010 to 2015.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Susana OteroDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain. sotero@vhebron.net
Elena Sulleiro
Israel Molina
Maria Espiau
Anna Suy
Andrea Martín-Nalda
Concepción Figueras

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of Chagas disease is no longer restricted to endemic areas. The aim of this study is to evaluate a 2-year period of a vertical transmission screening program of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a tertiary care hospital in Barcelona (Spain). Two enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (recombinant and crude antigen) were performed in parallel to pregnant women at risk of T. cruzi infection. Discordant results were confirmed by a third diagnostic test. In the case of a positive result, the newborn was tested at birth and after 8 months of life. A total of 1,473 women met the inclusion criteria for the screening program with a resulting seroprevalence for T. cruzi of 3.5% (2.2-5.2% 95% confidence interval [95% CI]). One case of congenital infection was identified. Screening programs for vertically transmitted T. cruzi acute infection are beneficial in non-endemic areas for early detection and treatment of acute infection.

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Disease Transmission, InfectiousEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMalePregnancySpainTertiary Care CentersTrypanosoma cruziTrypanosomiasis

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PMID22987653
PMCPMC3516257

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