Oral transmission of Chagas' disease Transmisión de la enfermedad de Chagas por vía oral
Author
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Toso M., Alberto
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Vial U., Felipe
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Galanti Garrone, Norbel
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2019-03-11T13:01:41Z
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2019-03-11T13:01:41Z
Publication date
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2011
Cita de ítem
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Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 139, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 258-266
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00349887
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07176163
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10.4067/S0034-98872011000200017
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/165246
Abstract
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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% 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.