Risk Factors for Maternal Chagas Disease and Vertical Transmission in a Bolivian Hospital.
Melissa D KleinFreddy TinajerosMaría Del Carmen MenduiñaEdith MálagaBeth J CondoriManuela VerásteguiFederico UrquizuRobert H GilmanNatalie M BowmanPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Although improved access to screening and qPCR increased the number of infants diagnosed with congenital Chagas disease, many infants remain undiagnosed. A better understanding of risk factors and improved access to highly sensitive and specific diagnostic techniques for congenital Chagas disease may help improve regional initiatives to reduce disease burden.