A Case of Vertical Transmission of Chagas Disease Contracted via Blood Transfusion in Canada
Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and is endemic in many countries in Latin America, where infected bugs of the Triatominea subfamily carry the parasite in the gut and transmit it to humans through fecal contamination of a bite. However, vertical transmission and t...
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| description | Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and is endemic in many countries in Latin America, where infected bugs of the Triatominea subfamily carry the parasite in the gut and transmit it to humans through fecal contamination of a bite. However, vertical transmission and transmission through blood transfusion and organ transplantation is well documented. Increasing immigration from endemic countries to North America has prompted blood operators, including Canadian Blood Services and Hema Quebec, to initiate blood donor testing for Chagas antibody. In the present report, an unusual case of vertical transmission from a mother, most likely infected through blood transfusion, and detected as part of a concurrent seroprevalence study in blood donors is described. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2571cf667d6d4ac4a8fb6c81d66ce96d2025-02-03T05:47:27ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322013-01-01241323410.1155/2013/406402A Case of Vertical Transmission of Chagas Disease Contracted via Blood Transfusion in CanadaMargaret A Fearon0Vito Scalia1Mary Huang2Irene Dines3Momar Ndao4Philippe Lagacé-Wiens5Medical, Scientific and Research Affairs, Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMedical, Scientific and Research Affairs, Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMedical, Scientific and Research Affairs, Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMedical, Scientific and Research Affairs, Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaNational Reference Centre for Parasitology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWinnipeg Regional Health Authority Travel and Tropical Medicine Services, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaChagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and is endemic in many countries in Latin America, where infected bugs of the Triatominea subfamily carry the parasite in the gut and transmit it to humans through fecal contamination of a bite. However, vertical transmission and transmission through blood transfusion and organ transplantation is well documented. Increasing immigration from endemic countries to North America has prompted blood operators, including Canadian Blood Services and Hema Quebec, to initiate blood donor testing for Chagas antibody. In the present report, an unusual case of vertical transmission from a mother, most likely infected through blood transfusion, and detected as part of a concurrent seroprevalence study in blood donors is described.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/406402 |
| spellingShingle | Margaret A Fearon Vito Scalia Mary Huang Irene Dines Momar Ndao Philippe Lagacé-Wiens A Case of Vertical Transmission of Chagas Disease Contracted via Blood Transfusion in Canada Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | A Case of Vertical Transmission of Chagas Disease Contracted via Blood Transfusion in Canada |
| title_full | A Case of Vertical Transmission of Chagas Disease Contracted via Blood Transfusion in Canada |
| title_fullStr | A Case of Vertical Transmission of Chagas Disease Contracted via Blood Transfusion in Canada |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Vertical Transmission of Chagas Disease Contracted via Blood Transfusion in Canada |
| title_short | A Case of Vertical Transmission of Chagas Disease Contracted via Blood Transfusion in Canada |
| title_sort | case of vertical transmission of chagas disease contracted via blood transfusion in canada |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/406402 |
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