Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2017)

Likely Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi to Humans, South Central Texas, USA

  • Sarah M. Gunter,
  • Kristy O. Murray,
  • Rodion Gorchakov,
  • Rachel Beddard,
  • Susan N. Rossmann,
  • Susan P. Montgomery,
  • Hilda Rivera,
  • Eric L. Brown,
  • David Aguilar,
  • Lawrence E. Widman,
  • Melissa N. Garcia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161157
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 3
pp. 500 – 503

Abstract

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Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is a major neglected tropical disease affecting the Americas. The epidemiology of this disease in the United States is incomplete. We report evidence of likely autochthonous vectorborne transmission of T. cruzi and health outcomes in T. cruzi–seropositive blood donors in south central Texas, USA.

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