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ReviewClinics in laboratory medicine2025

Diagnosing Chagas in Pregnancy and Childhood: What's Old and New.

Katherine Reifler, Jeffrey I Campbell, Elizabeth D Barnett, Daniel L Bourque, Davidson H Hamer, Hasan Samra, Ingrid Camelo

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Review in Clinics in laboratory medicine, 2025. 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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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

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Katherine ReiflerSection of Infectious Diseases, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Crosstown 2nd Floor, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Jeffrey I CampbellBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, 670 Albany Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 670 Albany Street Room 625, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Electronic address: Jeffrey.campbell@bmc.org.
Elizabeth D BarnettSection of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 670 Albany Street Room 625, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Daniel L BourqueSection of Infectious Diseases, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Crosstown 2nd Floor, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Davidson H HamerBoston University School of Public Health and Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Crosstown 3rd Floor, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Hasan SamraDepartment of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1120 15th Street BA 1666, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Ingrid CameloDivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1120 15th Street BG 2105, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.

Funding

The relationship between HIV exposure, contact networks, and TB in children under 5 years oldK23AI186597 · NIAID · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeffrey Ian Campbell · 2024 to 2026
$574k
NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI186597
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease, affects as many as 300,000 individuals in the United States. Screening individuals of childbearing age can prevent congenital transmission, and diagnosing infants and children can prevent long-term sequelae of Chagas disease. Current methods to diagnose Chagas have limations, including relying on identification of at-risk individuals and requiring at least 2 separate tests to confirm infection.

Indexed as

Chagas DiseasePregnancy Complications, ParasiticChildFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPregnancyTrypanosoma cruziChagas diseaseCongenitalPregnancySerologyTrypanosoma cruzi

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PMID39892939
PMCPMC13152644

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