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Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States.

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Edwards, JM; Gilner, JB; Hernandez, J; Kurtzberg, J; Heine, RP
Published in: Emerg Infect Dis
August 2016

To assess patterns of Chagas disease, we reviewed results of screening umbilical cord blood from a US public cord blood bank during 2007-2014. Nineteen maternal donors tested positive for Trypanosoma cruzi parasites (0.04%). Because perinatal transmission of Chagas disease is associated with substantial illness, targeted prenatal programs should screen for this disease.

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Emerg Infect Dis

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EISSN

1080-6059

Publication Date

August 2016

Volume

22

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1468 / 1470

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Trypanosoma cruzi
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay
  • Pregnancy
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Hemagglutination Tests
  • Fetal Blood
  • Female
  • Cohort Studies
 

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Edwards, J. M., Gilner, J. B., Hernandez, J., Kurtzberg, J., & Heine, R. P. (2016). Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States. Emerg Infect Dis, 22(8), 1468–1470. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2208.151622
Edwards, James M., Jennifer B. Gilner, Jose Hernandez, Joanne Kurtzberg, and R Phillips Heine. “Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States.Emerg Infect Dis 22, no. 8 (August 2016): 1468–70. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2208.151622.
Edwards JM, Gilner JB, Hernandez J, Kurtzberg J, Heine RP. Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Aug;22(8):1468–70.
Edwards, James M., et al. “Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States.Emerg Infect Dis, vol. 22, no. 8, Aug. 2016, pp. 1468–70. Pubmed, doi:10.3201/eid2208.151622.
Edwards JM, Gilner JB, Hernandez J, Kurtzberg J, Heine RP. Chagas Disease Screening in Maternal Donors of Publicly Banked Umbilical Cord Blood, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Aug;22(8):1468–1470.

Published In

Emerg Infect Dis

DOI

EISSN

1080-6059

Publication Date

August 2016

Volume

22

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1468 / 1470

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Trypanosoma cruzi
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay
  • Pregnancy
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Hemagglutination Tests
  • Fetal Blood
  • Female
  • Cohort Studies