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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 110, No. 4, 2015, pp. 507-509
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Bioline Code: oc15064
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 110, No. 4, 2015, pp. 507-509
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Prevention of congenital Chagas through treatment of girls and women of childbearing age
Moscatelli, Guillermo; Moroni, Samanta; García-Bournissen, Facundo; Ballering, Griselda; Bisio, Margarita; Freilij, Héctor & Altcheh, Jaime
Abstract
It is currently unknown whether treatment of Chagas disease decreases the risk of congenital transmission
from previously treated mothers to their infants. In a cohort of women with Chagas disease previously treated with
benznidazole, no congenital transmission of the disease was observed in their newborns. This finding provides
support for the treatment of Chagas disease as early as possible.
Keywords
Trypanosoma cruzi; Chagas disease; congenital transmission; prevention; treatment
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