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A Mother’s Gift: Congenital Transmission of Trypanosoma and Leishmania Species
28 Jan 2016
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Are Kinetoplastids Transmitted Vertically?Kinetoplastids Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agents of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) and Chagas' disease (CD), respectively, can both be transmitted vertically in utero from mother to infant [1].Congenital infection can be either asymptomatic infection or overt, symptomatic infection [2].Dogs are a primary domestic reservoir associated...
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