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Oral Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon.

Santana, Rosa Amélia G; Guerra, Maria Graças V B; Sousa, Débora R; Couceiro, Kátia; Ortiz, Jessica V; Oliveira, Maurício; Ferreira, Lucas S; Souza, Kenny R; Tavares, Igor C; Morais, Romulo F; Silva, George A V; Melo, Gisely C; Vergel, Gabriel M; Albuquerque, Bernardino C; Arcanjo, Ana Ruth L; Monteiro, Wuelton M; Ferreira, João Marcos B B; Lacerda, Marcus V G; Silveira, Henrique; Guerra, Jorge Augusto O.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 25(1): 132-135, 2019 01.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30561299

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In the Brazilian Amazon, the suspected source of infection in an outbreak of acute Chagas disease involving 10 patients was Euterpe oleracea (açaí berry) juice. Patient blood and juice samples contained Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV, indicating oral transmission of the Chagas disease agent.

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Chagas Disease/transmission , Disease Outbreaks , Euterpe , Fruit and Vegetable Juices/parasitology , Trypanosoma cruzi/physiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Brazil/epidemiology , Chagas Disease/parasitology , Female , Food Safety , Humans , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult

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