Chagas disease and breast-feeding

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 1561 - 1566
• Main Authors: Norman, Francesca F, López-Vélez, Rogelio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.10.2013; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Breast Feeding; breastfeeding; Chagas disease; Chagas Disease - transmission; Disease transmission; Distribution; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; Methods; Milk, Human - parasitology; neglected tropical disease; parasites; Trypanosoma cruzi; trypomastigotes; breast-feeding; transmission; Chagas disease; parasites; parasitic diseases; trypomastigotes; congenital transmission; neglected tropical disease; Trypanosoma cruzi

Chagas disease (infection by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi) is a major parasitic disease of the Americas and one of the main neglected tropical diseases. Although various routes of transmission sre recognized, the risk for transmission of the infection through breast-feeding has not clearly been e...