Etiological treatment of young women infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, and prevention of congenital transmission

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Argentina, Argentina¹  Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación de Endemo-epidemias¹  Segura, Elsa Leonor¹  ANLIS, Buenos Aires, Argentina¹  Cura, Estela¹  Institutos de Salud Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán, Buenos Aires, Argentina¹  Yampotis, Cristina¹  Sosa-Estani, Sergio¹  Velazquez, Elsa¹  Hospital San Roque, Salta, Argentina¹  Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina¹ 

关键词: Trypanosoma cruzi;    Chagas disease;    Treatment;    Congenital transmission;    Prevention;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822009000500002

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

The objective was to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in 32 children in Salta, Argentina, born to 16 chronically infected young women who were treated with benznidazole. Tests were performed to assess the efficacy of treatment after 14 years. At the end of the follow up, 87.5% of the women were non-reactive to EIA tests, 62.5% to IHA and 43.8% to IFA. 62.5% of the women were non-reactive according to two or three serological tests. No infected children were detected among the newborns of mothers treated before their pregnancy.

【 授权许可】

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