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[Prenatal screening for Trypanosoma cruzi and human T lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 in pregnant Latin American women].
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Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica [Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin] 2009 Mar; Vol. 27 (3), pp. 165-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Feb 11. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Introduction: To estimate the seroprevalence of infection by Trypanosoma cruzi and human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) in pregnant Latin American women.<br />Methods: Serological survey carried out in pregnant Latin American women attending the antenatal care clinic of a Spanish hospital from January 2006 to June 2007.<br />Results: Of the 229 women enrolled, 4 had antibodies against T. cruzi (1.75%; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 0.68-4.4); 2 of these women came from Bolivia (13.33%; 95% CI, 3.73-37.88) and the other 2 from Paraguay (11.76%; 95% CI, 3.29-34.33). None of the women had anti-HTLV-1 antibodies (95% CI, 0-1.6), and 2 had HTLV-2 antibodies (0.87; 95% CI, 0.24-3.12).<br />Conclusions: A notable percentage of pregnant immigrant women from Latin American had T. cruzi infection. The seroprevalence of HTLV infection is low.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan blood
Chagas Disease diagnosis
Chagas Disease prevention & control
Chagas Disease transmission
Female
HTLV-I Antibodies blood
HTLV-I Infections diagnosis
HTLV-I Infections prevention & control
HTLV-I Infections transmission
HTLV-II Antibodies blood
HTLV-II Infections diagnosis
HTLV-II Infections prevention & control
HTLV-II Infections transmission
Hospitals, University statistics & numerical data
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 immunology
Human T-lymphotropic virus 2 immunology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Latin America ethnology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious diagnosis
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Spain epidemiology
Trypanosoma cruzi immunology
Young Adult
Chagas Disease epidemiology
Emigrants and Immigrants statistics & numerical data
HTLV-I Infections epidemiology
HTLV-II Infections epidemiology
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical prevention & control
Mass Screening
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious epidemiology
Prenatal Care
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 0213-005X
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19306717
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eimc.2008.04.006