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Review
. 2016 Jan 28;12(1):e1005302.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005302. eCollection 2016 Jan.

A Mother's Gift: Congenital Transmission of Trypanosoma and Leishmania Species

Tara Grinnage-Pulley  1 , Benjamin Scott  1 , Christine A Petersen  1
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A Mother's Gift: Congenital Transmission of Trypanosoma and Leishmania Species

Tara Grinnage-Pulley et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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Fig 1
Fig 1. Geographic distribution of T. cruzi and L. infantum endemic areas and congenitally transmitted cases as reported in peer-reviewed literature.
Endemic regions for (A) T. cruzi and (B) L. infantum are shaded. Gray dots represent at least one report of human congenital infection with (A) T. cruzi or (B) L. infantum. Black squares represent at least one report of (B) canine congenital infection with L. infantum. Maps created with ArcMap, Version 10.2 (Esri). See S1 File for case and location references.
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