Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana

Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient w...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 605 - 607
Main Authors Dorn, Patricia L, Perniciaro, Leon, Yabsley, Michael J, Roellig, Dawn M, Balsamo, Gary, Diaz, James, Wesson, Dawn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.04.2007
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Aged
Animals
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Care and treatment
Chagas disease
Chagas Disease - parasitology
Chagas Disease - transmission
Diagnosis
Dispatch
DNA, Protozoan - analysis
Female
Humans
Insect Bites and Stings - parasitology
Insect Vectors - parasitology
Louisiana
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prevention
Risk factors
Triatoma
Triatoma - parasitology
Triatoma sanguisuga
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi - classification
Trypanosoma cruzi - genetics
Trypanosoma cruzi - immunology
Trypanosoma cruzi - isolation & purification
United States
Louisiana
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Summary:Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient were positive for T. cruzi by PCR.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1304.061002