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Mother-to-Child Transmission of Congenital Chagas Disease,Japan |
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| Authors: | Kazuo Imai Takuya Maeda Yusuke Sayama Kei Mikita Yuji Fujikura Kazuhisa Misawa Morichika Nagumo Osamu Iwata Takeshi Ono Ichiro Kurane Yasushi Miyahira Akihiko Kawana Sachio Miura |
| Affiliation: | National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan (K. Imai, T. Maeda, K. Mikita, Y. Fujikura, K. Misawa, M. Nagumo, T. Ono, Y. Miyahira, A. Kawana); ;Japanese Red Cross Society, Tokyo, Japan (Y. Sayama, S. Miura);; Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan (O. Iwata); ;National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo (I. Kurane) |
| Abstract: | We report a patient with congenital Chagas disease in Japan. This report reemphasizes the role of neglected and emerging tropical diseases in the era of globalization. It also indicates the need for increased vigilance for detecting Chagas disease in non–disease-endemic countries. |
| Keywords: | congenital Chagas disease mother-to-child transmission Trypanosoma cruzi parasites megacolon benznidazole Japan |