Observational studyThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2018
Congenital Transmission of
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Observational study in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Estimating the current burden of Chagas disease in Mexico: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological surveys from 2006 to 2017.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Pooled it
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- Identification of highly conservedEmerging microbes & infections · 2024Article
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- The epidemiology of Chagas disease in the Americas.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Review
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Authors and funding
28 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.
Pierre BuekensTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
María Luisa CafferataUnidad de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica Montevideo (UNICEM), Montevideo, Uruguay.
Jackeline AlgerHospital Escuela Universitario, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, UNAH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Fernando AlthabeInstituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
José M BelizánInstituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Norma BustamanteRegión Departamental de Salud, Santa Bárbara, Honduras.
Yves CarlierLaboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
Alvaro CigandaUnidad de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica Montevideo (UNICEM), Montevideo, Uruguay.
Jaime H Del CidCentro de Salud Vicente Mejía Colindres, Intibucá, Honduras.
Eric DumonteilTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Rubí Gamboa-LeónUniversidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Tamazunchale, México.
Jorge A GarcíaHospital Escuela Universitario, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, UNAH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Luz GibbonsInstituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Olga GraiffInstituto de Maternidad y Ginecología Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Jesús Gurubel MaldonadoCentro de Investigaciones Regionales "Dr. Hideyo Noguchi," Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, México.
Claudia HerreraTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Elizabeth HowardTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Laura Susana LaraInstituto de Maternidad y Ginecología Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Benjamín LópezRegión Departamental de Salud, Santa Bárbara, Honduras.
María Luisa MatuteLaboratorio Nacional de Vigilancia de la Salud, Secretaría de Salud de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
María Jesús Ramírez-SierraCentro de Investigaciones Regionales "Dr. Hideyo Noguchi," Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, México.
María Cecilia RoblesInstituto de Maternidad y Ginecología Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Sergio Sosa-EstaniInstituto Nacional de Parasitología "Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben," CONICET, ANLIS, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Carine TruyensLaboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
Christian ValladaresLaboratorio Nacional de Vigilancia de la Salud, Secretaría de Salud de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Dawn M WessonTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Concepción ZúnigaHospital Escuela Universitario, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, UNAH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
For The Congenital Chagas Working Group
Tulane University · USInstituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria · ARAutonomous University of Yucatán · MXSecretaria de Salud · HNUniversidad Metropolitana de Honduras · HNUniversidad de Tamazunchale · MXUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BE
Funding
Congenital Transmission of Lineages I and II of Trypanasoma cruziR01AI083563 · NIAID · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI BUEKENS, PIERRE · 2010 to 2014
$2.7MShort-course Benznidazole Treatment to Reduce Trypanosoma cruzi Parasitic Load in Women of Reproductive Age: A Non-inferiorityRandomized Controlled TrialR01HD095857 · NICHD · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI BUEKENS, PIERRE, CAFFERATA, MARÍA LUISA · 2018 to 2022
$2.6MTraining in Global Reproductive Epidemiology (TIGRE)T32HD057780 · NICHD · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI BUEKENS, PIERRE · 2009 to 2013
$801kNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083563NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD095857NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD057780
Abstract
Compared with South America, there is a lack of epidemiologic studies about the risk of congenital transmission of
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AdultChagas DiseaseDisease Transmission, InfectiousFemaleFetal BloodHondurasHumansInfant, NewbornMexicoPregnancyProspective StudiesStatistics, NonparametricTrypanosoma cruzi
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