TY - JOUR AU - Imai, Kazuo AU - Maeda, Takuya AU - Sayama, Yusuke AU - Mikita, Kei AU - Fujikura, Yuji AU - Misawa, Kazuhisa AU - Nagumo, Morichika AU - Iwata, Osamu AU - Ono, Takeshi AU - Kurane, Ichiro AU - Miyahira, Yasushi AU - Kawana, Akihiko AU - Miura, Sachio T1 - Mother-to-Child Transmission of Congenital Chagas Disease, Japan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 1 SP - 146 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - congenital Chagas disease KW - mother-to-child transmission KW - Trypanosoma cruzi KW - parasites KW - megacolon KW - benznidazole KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid2001.131071 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/1/13-1071_article ER - End of Reference