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| Title |
Description of an oral Chagas disease outbreak in Venezuela, including a vertically transmitted case
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| Published in |
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1590/0074-02760170009 |
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| Authors |
Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Gladymar Pérez-Chacón, Zoraida Díaz-Bello, Sonia Dickson, Arturo Muñoz-Calderón, Carlos Hernández, Yadira Pérez, Luciano Mauriello, Eyleen Moronta |
| Abstract |
We describe the eleventh major outbreak of foodborne Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in urban Venezuela, including evidence for vertical transmission from the index case to her fetus. After confirming fetal death at 24 weeks of gestation, pregnancy interruption was performed. On direct examination of the amniotic fluid, trypomastigotes were detected. T. cruzi specific-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) also proved positive when examining autopsied fetal organs. Finally, microscopic fetal heart examination revealed amastigote nests. Acute orally transmitted Chagas disease can be life threatening or even fatal for pregnant women and unborn fetuses owing to vertical transmission. There is therefore an urgent need to improve national epidemiologic control measures. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 4 | 80% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 65 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 65 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 15 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 14% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Unknown | 24 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 August 2017.
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#7,716,088
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#271
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#112,458
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Outputs of similar age from Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
#5
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,502 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.6. This one has done well, scoring higher than 81% of its peers.
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