@article{fdi:010052914,
  title = {{D}etectable {T}rypanosoma cruzi parasitemia during pregnancy and delivery as a risk factor for congenital {C}hagas disease : short report},
  author = {{B}rutus, {L}aurent and {C}astillo, {H}. and {B}ernal, {C}. and {S}alas, {N}. {A}. and {S}chneider, {D}ominique and {S}antalla, {J}. {A}. and {C}hippaux, {J}ean-{P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{V}ector control has led to a drastic decrease in the prevalence of acquired {C}hagas disease in {L}atin {A}merica thus redirecting attention to congenital {C}hagas disease {W}e report results of a longitudinal study of 359 pregnant women in {Y}acuiba in southern {B}olivia, of whom 147 (40 9%) were infected with {T}rypanosoma cruzi, to evaluate the relation ship between the patency period of the parasitemia and the risk of congenital infection {M}aternal infection was assessed by using {T} cruzi-specific serologic tests and parasitemia in mothers and newborns was diagnosed by using microscopic examination of blood in heparinized microhematocrit tubes {P}arasitemia was present in 28 6% of the infected women {I}ts prevalence increased during the third trimester then decreased at delivery {T}he likelihood of congenital infection was significantly correlated with the parasite density in the mother s blood {T}he risk of transmission increased during the third trimester of pregnancy and could explain premature births or low weight newborns for infected mothers},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {83},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {1044--1047},
  ISSN = {0002-9637},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10.0326},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010052914},
}