Trypanosoma cruzi-Infected Pregnant Women without Vector Exposure Have Higher Parasitemia Levels: Implications for Congenital Transmission Risk

Victoria R. Rendell; Robert H. Gilman; Edward Valencia; Gerson Galdos-Cardenas; Manuela Verastegui; Leny Sanchez; Janet Acosta; Gerardo Sanchez; Lisbeth Ferrufino; Carlos LaFuente; Maria del Carmen Abastoflor; Rony Colanzi; Caryn Bern

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119527

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Trypanosoma cruzi-Infected Pregnant Women without Vector Exposure Have Higher Parasitemia Levels: Implications for Congenital Transmission Risk

Victoria R. Rendell,

Affiliation Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America
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Robert H. Gilman,

Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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Edward Valencia,

Current address: Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Gerson Galdos-Cardenas,

Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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Manuela Verastegui,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Leny Sanchez,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Janet Acosta,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Gerardo Sanchez,

Affiliation Laboratorio de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Lisbeth Ferrufino,

Affiliation Universidad Catolica Boliviana, Santa Cruz, Plurinational State of Bolivia
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Carlos LaFuente,

Affiliation Hospital Universitario Japones, Santa Cruz, Plurinational State of Bolivia
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Maria del Carmen Abastoflor,

Affiliation Hospital Universitario Japones, Santa Cruz, Plurinational State of Bolivia
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Rony Colanzi,

Affiliation Universidad Catolica Boliviana, Santa Cruz, Plurinational State of Bolivia
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Caryn Bern

* E-mail: Caryn.Bern2@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
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Trypanosoma cruzi-Infected Pregnant Women without Vector Exposure Have Higher Parasitemia Levels: Implications for Congenital Transmission Risk

Victoria R. Rendell,
Robert H. Gilman,
Edward Valencia,
Gerson Galdos-Cardenas,
Manuela Verastegui,
Leny Sanchez,
Janet Acosta,
Gerardo Sanchez,
Lisbeth Ferrufino,
Carlos LaFuente

Published: March 25, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119527

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