Simple and effective screening for Chagas disease at the prenatal intake visit

An estimated 300,000 individuals have Chagas disease in the United States and Chagas is passed vertically at rates higher than syphilis, there is still not routine perinatal Chagas screening. We sought to evaluate the success of a simple screening program to identify maternal Chagas disease during prenatal care.

Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - November 29, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: C.D. Yarrington, D.A. Hamer, E. Barnett, I. Camelo, J.H. Perez, M. Poorvu, J.R. Koehler, N.S. Hochberg Tags: IDSOG Abstract Source Type: research