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Case Reports
. 2009 Apr;15(4):601-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1504.080438.

Congenital transmission of Chagas disease in Latin American immigrants in Switzerland

Yves Jackson  1 , Catherine Myers, Alessandro Diana, Hans Peter Marti, Hans Wolff, François Chappuis, Louis Loutan, Alain Gervaix
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Case Reports

Congenital transmission of Chagas disease in Latin American immigrants in Switzerland

Yves Jackson et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr.

Abstract

International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland. A retrospective study to detect Chagas disease showed a prevalence of 9.7% among 72 Latin American women tested during pregnancy in Switzerland.

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Figure 1
Fetal side of the placenta from Latin American pregnant woman who delivered her baby at Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. A macroscopic subchorial liquid-filled cyst can be seen near the umbilical cord insertion.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Algorithm for screening, diagnosis, and treatment of Trypanosoma cruzi congenital infection at Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
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