Article
Detection and genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi from açai products commercialized in Rio de Janeiro and Pará, Brazil.
Parasites & vectors - 10 Apr 2018
Ferreira Renata Trotta Barroso, Cabral Maria Luiza, Martins Ronald Sodré, Araujo Paula Finamore, da Silva Sérgio Alves, Britto Constança, Branquinho Maria Regina, Cardarelli-Leite Paola, Moreira Otacilio C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Several cases of food-borne acute Chagas disease (ACD) have been reported in the Brazilian Amazon so far. Up to 2004, the occurrence of ACD by oral transmission, associated with food consumption, was rare. Recent cases of ACD in Brazil have been attributed to the consumption of juice from the açai palm containing reservoir animals or insect vectors waste, infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. This study...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.