Prevention of congenital Chagas through treatment of girls and women of childbearing age

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Guillermo Moscatelli¹  Samanta Moroni¹  Facundo García-bournissen¹  Griselda Ballering¹  Margarita Bisio¹  Héctor Freilij¹  Jaime Altcheh¹ 

关键词: Trypanosoma cruzi;    Chagas disease;    congenital transmission;    prevention;    treatment;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0074-02760140347

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

It is currently unknown whether treatment of Chagas disease decreases the risk of congenital transmission from previously treated mothers to their infants. In a cohort of women with Chagas disease previously treated with benznidazole, no congenital transmission of the disease was observed in their newborns. This finding provides support for the treatment of Chagas disease as early as possible.

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