Muñoz-Vilches María José, Salas Joaquín, Cabezas Teresa, Metz David, Vázquez José, Soriano Manuel Jesús
Unidad de Medicina Tropical, Hospital de Poniente, El Ejido, Almería, España.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2012 Aug;30(7):380-2. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.11.012. Epub 2012 Jan 25.
The transmission of Chagas disease is a public health problem in non-endemic countries.
Chagas screening was performed by two serological tests in pregnant women from endemic areas for 4 years.
We studied 261 pregnant women from 13 Latin American countries, making a confirmatory diagnosis (two positive tests) in 4 cases. There was no case of vertical transmission.
Although Chagas disease has a low prevalence in the province of Almeria, the screening is necessary for the detection and treatment of infants with the disease.
恰加斯病的传播在非流行国家是一个公共卫生问题。
对来自流行地区的孕妇进行了4年的两种血清学检测以筛查恰加斯病。
我们研究了来自13个拉丁美洲国家的261名孕妇，4例确诊（两项检测均为阳性）。无垂直传播病例。
尽管阿尔梅里亚省恰加斯病的患病率较低，但仍有必要进行筛查以检测和治疗患该疾病的婴儿。
