Key result
A province-wide screening programme detected T. cruzi in 5.5% of pregnant women and congenital infection in 7.1% of their infants, with 30 of 32 treated infants remaining parasitologically negative.
Why the study?
Does a province-wide screening and treatment program effectively detect and cure congenital T. cruzi infection in infants?
Population
16,842 pregnant women and their newborns in Tucumán, north-western Argentina.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Suggests province-wide screening may detect and treat congenital Chagas; hypothesis-generating pending controlled trials.
Observational (n=16,842)
Yes
Does a province-wide screening and treatment program effectively detect and cure congenital T. cruzi infection in infants?
A province-wide screening program at the primary care level is feasible and effective for detecting and successfully treating congenital T. cruzi infections.
Blanco et al. (2000) conducted an observational in Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection (n=16,842). Routine screening of pregnant women and follow-up/treatment of newborns was evaluated on Congenital T. cruzi infection in infants born to seroreactive women. A province-wide screening programme detected T. cruzi in 5.5% of pregnant women and congenital infection in 7.1% of their infants, with 30 of 32 treated infants remaining parasitologically negative.
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