Molecular Epidemiologic Source Tracking of Orally Transmitted Chagas Disease, Venezuela
oleh: Maikell Segovia, Hernán J. Carrasco, Clara E. Martínez, Louisa A. Messenger, Anaibeth Nessi, Juan C. Londoño, Raul Espinosa, Cinda Martínez, Mijares Alfredo, Rafael Bonfante-Cabarcas, Michael D. Lewis, Belkisyolé A. de Noya, Michael A. Miles, Martin S. Llewellyn
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-07-01 |
Deskripsi
Oral outbreaks of Chagas disease are increasingly reported in Latin America. The transitory presence of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites within contaminated foods, and the rapid consumption of those foods, precludes precise identification of outbreak origin. We report source attribution for 2 peri-urban oral outbreaks of Chagas disease in Venezuela via high resolution microsatellite typing.