@article{fdi:010042639,
  title = {{C}ongenital {C}hagas disease : diagnostic and clinical aspects in an area without vectorial transmission, {B}ermejo, {B}olivia},
  author = {{B}rutus, {L}aurent and {S}chneider, {D}ominique and {P}ostigo, {J}orge and {R}omero, {M}. and {S}antalla, {J}. and {C}hippaux, {J}ean-{P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he authors carried out a 1-year study of a population of pregnant women delivering at {B}ermejo hospital, {S}outh {B}olivia. {I}n this area, vectorial transmission of {T}rypanosoma cruzi is negligible and women infect themselves during displacements in close endemic areas. {T}he prevalence of {T}. cruzi in 508 pregnant women, diagnosed by several serological tests, was 33.9%. {I}n eight infants, we observed {T} cruzi in the umbilical cord (congenital transmission rate of 5.2%). {T}he means of birth weights, lengths and hemoglobin rates were similar in the children from both seronegative and seropositive women, and in children infected or not by {T}. cruzi. {T}his study could confirm a less severity of the congenital disease of {C}hagas in the absence of reinfestation of the mother during pregnancy. {S}erological screening of pregnant women by rapid diagnostic tests and examination of babies born from seropositive mothers by microbematocrit method at birth is a suitable strategy to detect and prevent congenital {C}hagas disease in non-endemic areas.},
  keywords = {{C}ongenital chagas' disease ; {V}ertical transmission ; {P}regnant women ; {N}ewborns ; {B}olivia},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}cta {T}ropica},
  volume = {106},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {195--199},
  ISSN = {0001-706{X}},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.03.009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042639},
}