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- Title
Mother-to-Child Transmission of Congenital Chagas Disease, Japan.
- Authors
Kazuo Imai; Takuya Maeda; Yusuke Sayama; Kei Mikita; Yuji Fujikura; Kazuhisa Misawa; Morichika Nagumo; Osamu Iwata; Takeshi Ono; Ichiro Kurane; Yasushi Miyahira; Akihiko Kawana; Sachio Miura
- Abstract
We report a patient with congenital Chagas disease in Japan. This report reemphasizes the role of neglected and emerging tropical diseases in the era of globalization. It also indicates the need for increased vigilance for detecting Chagas disease in non--disease-endemic countries.
- Subjects
CHAGAS' disease; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; REPORTING of diseases; PROTOZOAN diseases; MEDICAL radiography; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 1, p146
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3201/eid2001.131071