Merino Francisco J, Martínez-Ruiz Rocío, Olabarrieta Iciar, Merino Paloma, García-Bujalance Silvia, Gastañaga Teresa, Flores-Chavez María
María Flores-Chavez, Servicio de Parasitología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología - Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ctra. Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220, Madrid, Spain.
Rev Esp Quimioter. 2013 Sep;26(3):253-60.
Chagas disease is a chronic and systemic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. According to estimates from WHO, 10 million people are affected by this parasite. In the last years, birthrate among the immigrant women from Latin America settled in the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid has been increasing, and as T. cruzi can be transmitted from mother to child, in fact 11 cases of congenital Chagas disease have been confirmed. Therefore, the aim of this paper is encouraging improvements in the coverage of the anti-T. cruzi antibodies detection in pregnant women from endemic areas. By this strategy, an active search for infected pregnant women and early detection of her infected newborns could be conducted, and then an early specific treatment could be administrated. Thus, there could be an important contribution to the control of Chagas disease in non-endemic area.
恰加斯病是一种由克氏锥虫引起的慢性全身性感染。据世界卫生组织估计，有1000万人受到这种寄生虫的影响。近年来，定居在马德里自治区的拉丁美洲移民妇女的出生率一直在上升，由于克氏锥虫可母婴传播，事实上已确诊11例先天性恰加斯病病例。因此，本文的目的是鼓励改进对来自流行地区孕妇的抗克氏锥虫抗体检测的覆盖率。通过这一策略，可以积极寻找受感染的孕妇并尽早检测出其受感染的新生儿，然后进行早期特异性治疗。因此，这对非流行地区恰加斯病的控制可能会有重要贡献。
