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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2019

In Search of Congenital Chagas Disease in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.

Gabriel Parra-Henao, Horacio Oliveros, Peter J Hotez, Gabriel Motoa, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Andrés F Henao-Martínez

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Gabriel Parra-HenaoCentro de Investigación en Salud para el Trópico (CIST), Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, Colombia.
Horacio OliverosCentro de Investigación en Salud para el Trópico (CIST), Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, Colombia.
Peter J HotezDepartment of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Gabriel MotoaDivision of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Carlos Franco-ParedesHospital Infantil de México, Federico Gómez, México City, México.
Andrés F Henao-MartínezDivision of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
University of Colorado Denver · USUniversidad Cooperativa de Colombia · COTexas Children's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chagas disease remains a major impediment to sustainable socioeconomic development in Latin America. Transplacental transmission explains the persistence of transmission in urban areas, in non-endemic regions, and in areas with an established interrupted vectorial transmission. One of every five cases of congenital Chagas disease in the world occurs in Colombia and Venezuela. The massive migration of impoverished populations from neighboring Venezuela has worsened the situation creating a humanitarian crisis in Northeastern Colombia, including the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The prevalence of Chagas infection among pregnant women in these areas is higher than the national average, and the public health resources are insufficient. This perspective discusses the associated increased morbidity and mortality of congenital Chagas in this region, where stigmatization contributes to the impression among health authorities and the general population that it affects indigenous communities only. The monitoring and control of congenital Chagas disease in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta is a public health necessity that demands urgent and effective interventions.

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Chagas DiseaseColombiaFemaleHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPregnancyPublic HealthTrypanosoma cruzi

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PMID31264558
PMCPMC6726933
OpenAlexW2954149130

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