Garcia Melissa N, Hotez Peter J, Murray Kristy O
Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, 1102 Bates Avenue #550, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Parasit Vectors. 2014 Jul 4;7:311. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-311.
Chagas disease is an emerging vector-borne disease in the United States that causes progressive dilated cardiomyopathy in a third of infected humans. While transmission studies have been performed in Latin America, little is known about the source of infection in locally acquired cases in the United States. This letter describes the underlying factors possibly leading to an increased risk of disease transmission among high-risk groups in the United States.
恰加斯病是美国一种新出现的媒介传播疾病,三分之一的感染者会因此患上进行性扩张型心肌病。虽然在拉丁美洲开展过传播研究,但对于美国本地感染病例的感染源却知之甚少。这封信阐述了可能导致美国高危人群疾病传播风险增加的潜在因素。