Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

Rosa Amélia G. Santana; Maria Graças V.B. Guerra; Débora R. Sousa; Kátia Couceiro; Jessica V. Ortiz; Maurício Oliveira; Lucas S. Ferreira; Kenny R. Souza; Igor C. Tavares; Romulo F. Morais; George A.V. Silva; Gisely C. Melo; Gabriel M. Vergel; Bernardino C. Albuquerque; Ana Ruth L. Arcanjo; Wuelton M. Monteiro; João Marcos B.B. Ferreira; Marcus V.G. Lacerda; Henrique Silveira; Jorge Augusto O. Guerra

doi:10.3201/eid2501.180646

Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

Rosa Amélia G. Santana, Maria Graças V.B. Guerra, Débora R. Sousa, Kátia Couceiro, Jessica V. Ortiz, Maurício Oliveira, Lucas S. Ferreira, Kenny R. Souza, Igor C. Tavares, Romulo F. Morais, George A.V. Silva, Gisely C. Melo, Gabriel M. Vergel, Bernardino C. Albuquerque, Ana Ruth L. Arcanjo, Wuelton M. Monteiro, João Marcos B.B. Ferreira, Marcus V.G. Lacerda, Henrique Silveira, Jorge Augusto O. Guerra

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Abstract

In the Brazilian Amazon, the suspected source of infection in an outbreak of acute Chagas disease involving 10 patients was Euterpe oleracea (açaí berry) juice. Patient blood and juice samples contained Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV, indicating oral transmission of the Chagas disease agent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	132-135
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.180646
Publication status	Published - Jan 2019

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Santana, R. A. G., Guerra, M. G. V. B., Sousa, D. R., Couceiro, K., Ortiz, J. V., Oliveira, M., Ferreira, L. S., Souza, K. R., Tavares, I. C., Morais, R. F., Silva, G. A. V., Melo, G. C., Vergel, G. M., Albuquerque, B. C., Arcanjo, A. R. L., Monteiro, W. M., Ferreira, J. M. B. B., Lacerda, M. V. G., Silveira, H., & Guerra, J. A. O. (2019). Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(1), 132-135. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.180646

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