Mother-to-child transmission of congenital Chagas disease, Japan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jan;20(1):146-8. doi: 10.3201/eid2001.131071.

Abstract

We report a patient with congenital Chagas disease in Japan. This report reemphasizes the role of neglected and emerging tropical diseases in the era of globalization. It also indicates the need for increased vigilance for detecting Chagas disease in non-disease-endemic countries.

Keywords: Japan; Trypanosoma cruzi; benznidazole; congenital Chagas disease; megacolon; mother-to-child transmission; parasites.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Chagas Disease / diagnosis
  • Chagas Disease / drug therapy
  • Chagas Disease / transmission*
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Neglected Diseases
  • Nitroimidazoles / administration & dosage
  • Nitroimidazoles / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Trypanocidal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Trypanocidal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Trypanosoma cruzi* / classification
  • Trypanosoma cruzi* / genetics

Substances

  • Nitroimidazoles
  • Trypanocidal Agents
  • benzonidazole