Brutus Laurent auteur aut IRD Schneider Dominique auteur aut IRD Postigo Jorge auteur aut IRD Romero M. auteur aut IRD Santalla J. auteur aut IRD Chippaux Jean-Philippe auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access The authors carried out a 1-year study of a population of pregnant women delivering at Bermejo hospital, South Bolivia. In this area, vectorial transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi is negligible and women infect themselves during displacements in close endemic areas. The prevalence of T. cruzi in 508 pregnant women, diagnosed by several serological tests, was 33.9%. In eight infants, we observed T cruzi in the umbilical cord (congenital transmission rate of 5.2%). The 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. This study could confirm a less severity of the congenital disease of Chagas in the absence of reinfestation of the mother during pregnancy. Serological 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 Chagas disease in non-endemic areas. specialized Congenital chagas' disease Vertical transmission Pregnant women Newborns Bolivia 052 106 3 195-199 2008 0001-706X https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042639 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.03.009 0001-706X [F B010042639] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042639 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2008/07/010042639.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2008-08-08 2017-08-23 fdi:010042639 fre