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What is the prevalence of Chagas disease in pregnant women and the rate of congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in Brazil?
What is the prevalence of Chagas disease in pregnant women and the rate of congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in Brazil?
Systematic congenital Chagas disease control programs through routine prenatal screening should be implemented in Brazil's endemic areas.
Clinicians in endemic Brazil should implement routine prenatal Chagas screening; meta-analysis strengthens evidence for systematic congenital control programs.
Congenital Chagas disease is a neglected public health problem in Brazil. Systematic congenital Chagas disease control programs through routine prenatal screening for T. cruzi should be widely implemented in Brazil's endemic areas, to identify infected pregnant women and newborns at risk of congenital infection.
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