Seroprevalence and vertical transmission of Chagas disease in a cohort of Latin-American pregnant women in a tertiary hospital in Madrid

• Main Authors: Laura Francisco-González (Author), Teresa Gastañaga-Holguera (Author), Beatriz Jiménez Montero (Author), Zarife Daoud Pérez (Author), Marta Illán Ramos (Author), Paloma Merino Amador (Author), Miguel Ángel Herráiz Martínez (Author), José Tomás Ramos Amador (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), is endemic in Latin-America and is emerging in Spain due to immigration. The vertical transmission rate is around 5%. A routine prenatal screening with serology of all pregnant women from endemic areas is recommended to identify inf...