Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Açaí Palm Fruit, Brazil

Authors :: Elenild de Góes Costa
Marcos Takashi Obara
Jeremy Sobel
Aglaêr Alves da Nóbrega
Erica Tatto
Wildo Navegantes de Araújo
Marcio H. Garcia
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp 653-655 (2009), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009.
Abstract: In 2006, a total of 178 cases of acute Chagas disease were reported from the Amazonian state of Para, Brazil. Eleven occurred in Barcarena and were confirmed by visualization of parasites on blood smears. Using cohort and case-control studies, we implicated oral transmission by consumption of acai palm fruit.

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