Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland

Abstract

International migration has changed the epidemiologic patterns of Chagas disease. Recently, 2 cases of Chagas disease transmitted from Latin American women to their newborns were diagnosed in Geneva, Switzerland. A retrospective study to detect Chagas disease showed a prevalence of 9.7% among 72 Latin American women tested during pregnancy in Switzerland.

Keywords

• Chagas disease
• congenital
• Trypanosoma cruzi
• endemic
• screening
• Switzerland