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Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland

2009-04-01

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Abstract International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland. A retrospective study to detect Chagas disease showed a prevalence of 9.7% among 72 Latin American women tested during pregnancy in Switzerland.

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Literature Corpus work: f0bc3863-9a06-5ab5-bd6c-4eb7c043771a
DOI: 10.3201/1504.080438

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