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    Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Apr;13(4):605-7.

    Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana.

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    Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA. dorn@loyno.edu

    Abstract

    Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient were positive for T. cruzi by PCR.

    PMID:
    17553277
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC2725963
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