Health Policies to Control Chagas Disease Transmission in European Countries e3245

[...]some studies have shown that it is cost-effective to screen for T. cruzi infection at blood banks, but depending on the prevalence of the disease, a mass screening of subjects--testing all--or a more selected strategy with screening questions to determine the risk level--screening and testing--...

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Published inPLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 8; no. 10
Main Authors Requena-Méndez, Ana, Albajar-Viñas, Pere, Angheben, Andrea, Chiodini, Peter, Gascón, Joaquim, Muñoz, José, Group, Disease COHEMIWorking
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco Public Library of Science 01.10.2014
Subjects
Biomedical research
Cardiomyopathy
Chronic illnesses
Disease transmission
Health policy
Infections
Mortality
Public health
Studies
Transplants & implants
Tropical diseases
Vector-borne diseases
Womens health
Europe
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Summary:[...]some studies have shown that it is cost-effective to screen for T. cruzi infection at blood banks, but depending on the prevalence of the disease, a mass screening of subjects--testing all--or a more selected strategy with screening questions to determine the risk level--screening and testing--should be applied [23]. [...]programmes to control congenital Chagas disease should be implemented in all European countries based on the screening of pregnant women at risk of the infection, with the primary objective of treating infected newborns at an early stage.
ISSN:1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003245