Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana

doi:10.3201/eid1304.061002

. 2007 Apr;13(4):605-7.

doi: 10.3201/eid1304.061002.

Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana

Patricia L Dorn¹, Leon Perniciaro, Michael J Yabsley, Dawn M Roellig, Gary Balsamo, James Diaz, Dawn Wesson

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PMID: 17553277
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DOI: 10.3201/eid1304.061002

Autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana

Patricia L Dorn et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Apr.

. 2007 Apr;13(4):605-7.

doi: 10.3201/eid1304.061002.

Authors

Patricia L Dorn¹, Leon Perniciaro, Michael J Yabsley, Dawn M Roellig, Gary Balsamo, James Diaz, Dawn Wesson

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¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA. dorn@loyno.edu

PMID: 17553277
PMCID: PMC2725963
DOI: 10.3201/eid1304.061002

Abstract

Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient were positive for T. cruzi by PCR.

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[1] Morel CM, Lazdins J. Chagas disease. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2003;1:14–5. 10.1038/nrmicro735 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Morel CM, Lazdins J. Chagas disease. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2003;1:14–5. 10.1038/nrmicro735 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Woody NC, Woody HB. American trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ disease); first indigenous case in the United States. JAMA. 1955;159:676–7. - PubMed

[4] Woody NC, Woody HB. American trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ disease); first indigenous case in the United States. JAMA. 1955;159:676–7. - PubMed

[5] Ochs DE, Hnilica VS, Moser DR, Smith JH, Kirchhoff LV. Postmortem diagnosis of autochthonous acute chagasic myocarditis by polymerase chain reaction amplification of a species-specific DNA sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1996;54:526–9. - PubMed

[6] Ochs DE, Hnilica VS, Moser DR, Smith JH, Kirchhoff LV. Postmortem diagnosis of autochthonous acute chagasic myocarditis by polymerase chain reaction amplification of a species-specific DNA sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1996;54:526–9. - PubMed

[7] Herwaldt BL, Grijalva MJ, Newsome AL, McGhee CR, Powell MR, Nemec DG, et al. Use of polymerase chain reaction to diagnose the fifth reported US case of autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, in Tennessee, 1998. J Infect Dis. 2000;181:395–9. 10.1086/315212 - DOI - PubMed

[8] Herwaldt BL, Grijalva MJ, Newsome AL, McGhee CR, Powell MR, Nemec DG, et al. Use of polymerase chain reaction to diagnose the fifth reported US case of autochthonous transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, in Tennessee, 1998. J Infect Dis. 2000;181:395–9. 10.1086/315212 - DOI - PubMed

[9] Schiffler RJ, Mansur GP, Navin TR, Limpakarnjanarat K. Indigenous Chagas’ disease (American trypanosomiasis) in California. JAMA. 1984;251:2983–4. 10.1001/jama.251.22.2983 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Schiffler RJ, Mansur GP, Navin TR, Limpakarnjanarat K. Indigenous Chagas’ disease (American trypanosomiasis) in California. JAMA. 1984;251:2983–4. 10.1001/jama.251.22.2983 - DOI - PubMed

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