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Volume 25, Number 1—January 2019
Dispatch

Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

Rosa Amélia G. Santana, Maria Graças V.B. Guerra, Débora R. Sousa, Kátia Couceiro, Jessica V. Ortiz, Maurício Oliveira, Lucas S. Ferreira, Kenny R. Souza, Igor C. Tavares, Romulo F. Morais, George A.V. Silva, Gisely C. Melo, Gabriel M. Vergel, Bernardino C. Albuquerque, Ana Ruth L. Arcanjo, Wuelton M. Monteiro, João Marcos B.B. Ferreira, Marcus V.G. LacerdaComments to Author , Henrique Silveira, and Jorge Augusto O. Guerra
Author affiliations: Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil (R.A.G. Santana, M.G.V.B. Guerra, D.R. Sousa, K. Couceiro, J.V. Ortiz, M. Oliveira, L.S. Ferreira, G.A.V. Silva, G.C. Melo, G.M. Vergel, W.M. Monteiro, M.V.G. Lacerda, J.A.O. Guerra); Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus (R.A.G. Santana, M.G.V.B. Guerra, D.R. Sousa, K. Couceiro, J.V. Ortiz, M. Oliveira, K.R. Souza, I.C. Tavares, R.F. Morais, G.C. Melo, W.M. Monteiro, J.M.B.B. Ferreira, J.A.O. Guerra); Fundação de Vigilância em Saúde do Amazonas, Manaus (G.M. Vergel, B.C. Albuquerque, A.R.L. Arcanjo); Instituto Leônidas & Maria Deane, Fiocruz, Manaus (M.V.G. Lacerda); Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (H. Silveira)

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Table

Basic demographics and diagnostic methods used to confirm acute Chagas disease in 10 patients, Brazilian Amazon*

Patient Patient age, y/sex Date of diagnosis Blood smear Xenodiagnosis Culture
1 51/F 2017 Dec 29 + + +
2 19/F 2017 Dec 29 + + +
3 22/M 2017 Dec 29 + + +
4 35/F 2018 Jan 5 + + +
5 1/F 2018 Jan 5 + NP +
6 21/F 2018 Dec 1 + + –
7 65/F 2018 Dec 1 + + +
8 16/F 2018 Dec 1 – + NP
9 11/M 2018 Dec 1 + NP NP
10 51/F 2018 Dec 1 + NP NP

*NP, not performed; +, positive for Trypanosoma cruzi; –, negative for T. cruzi.

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