Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2007)

Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana

  • Patricia L. Dorn,
  • Leon Perniciaro,
  • Michael J. Yabsley,
  • Dawn M. Roellig,
  • Gary Balsamo,
  • James Diaz,
  • Dawn Wesson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1304.061002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 4
pp. 605 – 605

Abstract

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Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient were positive for T. cruzi by PCR.

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