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CHAGAS DISEASE, FRANCE
François-Xavier, Lescure et al. | Date Issued: 2008
Author
François-Xavier, Lescure
Canestri, Ana
Melliez, Hugues
Jauréguiberry, Stéphane
Develoux, Michel
Dorent, Richard
Guiard-Schmid, Jean-Baptiste
Bonnard, Philippe
Ajana, Faïza
Rolla, Valeria
Carlier, Yves
Gay, Frederick
Elghouzzi, Marie-Hélène
Danis, Martin
Pialoux, Gilles
Affilliation
Hôpital Tenon. Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales. Paris, France.
Hôpital La Pitié Salpétrière AP-HP. Paris, France.
Le Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing. Tourcoing, France.
Hôpital Tenon AP-HP. Paris, France.
Hôpital Tenon AP-HP. Paris, France.
Hôpital Tenon AP-HP. Paris, France.
Hôpital Tenon AP-HP. Paris, France.
Hôpital Tenon AP-HP. Paris, France.
Le Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing. Tourcoing, France.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Université libre de Bruxelles. Brussels, Belgium.
Hôpital La Pitié Salpétrière AP-HP. Paris, France.
Etablissement Français du Sang d’lle de France. Paris, France.
Hôpital La Pitié Salpétrière AP-HP. Paris, France.
Hôpital Tenon AP-HP. Paris, France.
Abstract
Chagas disease (CD) is endemic to Latin America; its prevalence is highest in Bolivia. CD is sometimes seen in the United States and Canada among migrants from Latin America, whereas it is rare in Europe. We report 9 cases of imported CD in France from 2004 to 2006.
Keywords
Chagas disease
American trypanosomiasis
Trypanosoma cruzi
Imported disease
Transfusion
Dispatch
 
Publisher
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Citation
LESCURE, François-Xavier et al. Chagas disease, France. Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 14, n. 4, p. 644-646, Apr. 2008.
DOI
10.3201/eid1404.070489
ISSN
1080-6040