Transmisión de la enfermedad de Chagas por vía oral / Oral transmission of Chagas' disease
Rev. méd. Chile
; 139(2): 258-266, feb. 2011. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Espanhol
| LILACS
| ID: lil-595295
Biblioteca responsável:
BR1.1
ABSTRACT
The traditional transmission pathways of Chagas' disease are vectorial, transfusional, transplacental and organ transplantation. However, oral transmission is gaining importance. The first evidence of oral transmission was reported in Brazil in 1965. Nowadays the oral route is the transmission mode in 50 percent of cases in the Amazon river zone. Oral infection is produced by the ingestion of infected triatomine bugs or their feces, undercooked meat from infested host animals and food contaminated with urine or anal secretion of infected marsupials. Therefore travelers to those zones should be advised about care to be taken with ingested food. In Chile, this new mode of transmission should be considered in public health policies.
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Doença de Chagas
/
Doenças Negligenciadas
/
Zoonoses
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Contaminação de Alimentos
/
Doença de Chagas
Limite:
Animais
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Humanos
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad de Chile/CL