Congenital Chagas disease: Updated recommendations for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of newborns and siblings, girls, women of childbearing age, and pregnant women

Improved DNA extraction technique from clot for the diagnosis of Chagas disease

(2019) Holger Mayta et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Alterations in Placental Gene Expression of Pregnant Women with Chronic Chagas Disease

(2018) Natalia A. Juiz et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Congenital Chagas Disease in the United States: Cost Savings through Maternal Screening

(2018) Eileen Stillwaggon et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Congenital Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in Argentina, Honduras, and Mexico: An Observational Prospective Study

(2018) Pierre Buekens et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Introducing automation to the molecular diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection: A comparative study of sample treatments, DNA extraction methods and real-time PCR assays

(2018) Alba Abras et al.   PLoS One

Congenital Chagas disease in a non-endemic area: Results from a control programme in Bergamo province, Northern Italy

(2018) Paola Rodari et al.   Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Congenital Chagas disease

(2018) Louisa A. Messenger et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular diagnostics for Chagas disease: up to date and novel methodologies

(2017) Julio Alonso-Padilla et al.   EXPERT REVIEW OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Towards a New Strategy for Diagnosis of Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

(2017) Alba Abras et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Treatment of Infected Women of Childbearing Age Prevents Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi Infection by Eliminating the Parasitemia Detected by PCR

(2017) Laura Murcia et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparative Study and Analytical Verification of PCR Methods for the Diagnosis of Congenital Chagas Disease

(2017) Carolina I. Cura et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Rapid diagnostic tests duo as alternative to conventional serological assays for conclusive Chagas disease diagnosis

(2017) Karina E. Egüez et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Analytical sensitivity and specificity of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) kit prototype for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in human blood samples

(2017) Susana A. Besuschio et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

First external quality assurance program for bloodstream Real-Time PCR monitoring of treatment response in clinical trials of Chagas disease

(2017) Juan C. Ramírez et al.   PLoS One

Diagnosis of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection: A serologic test using Shed Acute Phase Antigen (SAPA) in mother–child binomial samples

(2015) Bibiana J. Volta et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Economic evaluation of Chagas disease screening in Spain

(2015) Iñaki Imaz-Iglesia et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Analytical Validation of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Methods for Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients

(2015) Juan Carlos Ramírez et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Prevention of congenital Chagas through treatment of girls and women of childbearing age

(2015) Guillermo Moscatelli et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Target Product Profile (TPP) for Chagas Disease Point-of-Care Diagnosis and Assessment of Response to Treatment

(2015) Analía I. Porrás et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Economic crisis and increased immigrant mobility: new challenges in managing Chagas disease in Europe

(2014) Yves Jackson et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Comparative Evaluation of 11 Commercialized Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Detecting Trypanosoma cruzi Antibodies in Serum Banks in Areas of Endemicity and Nonendemicity

(2014) C. L. Sanchez-Camargo et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of compliance to congenital Chagas disease treatment: results of a randomised trial in Bolivia

(2014) J.-P. Chippaux et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Trypanocide Treatment of Women Infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and Its Effect on Preventing Congenital Chagas

(2014) Diana L. Fabbro et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Frequency of the congenital transmission ofTrypanosoma cruzi: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2013) EJ Howard et al.   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Achievements and Challenges upon the Implementation of a Program for National Control of Congenital Chagas in Bolivia: Results 2004–2009

(2013) Cristina Alonso-Vega et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

How to Improve the Early Diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection: Relationship between Validated Conventional Diagnosis and Quantitative DNA Amplification in Congenitally Infected Children

(2013) Jacqueline Bua et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Economic evaluation of Chagas disease screening of pregnant Latin American women and of their infants in a non endemic area

(2011) Elisa Sicuri et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Congenital Chagas Disease: Recommendations for Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Newborns, Siblings and Pregnant Women

(2011) Yves Carlier et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

International Study to Evaluate PCR Methods for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients

(2011) Alejandro G. Schijman et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Adverse Events After the Use of Benznidazole in Infants and Children With Chagas Disease

(2010) J. Altcheh et al.   PEDIATRICS

CongenitalTrypanosoma cruziTransmission in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

(2009) Caryn Bern et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Side effects of benznidazole as treatment in chronic Chagas disease: fears and realities

(2009) Rodolfo Viotti et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy