Evidence of likely autochthonous transmission of chagas disease in Arizona

Norman L. Beatty; Carlos M. Perez-Velez; Hayley D. Yaglom; Sharon Carson; Eugene Liu; Zain I. Khalpey; Stephen A. Klotz; Sean P. Elliott

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Evidence of likely autochthonous transmission of chagas disease in Arizona

Norman L. Beatty, Carlos M. Perez-Velez, Hayley D. Yaglom, Sharon Carson, Eugene Liu, Zain I. Khalpey, Stephen A. Klotz, Sean P. Elliott

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A healthy 16-year-old girl born and raised in Tucson, AZ, had screening and confirmatory testing revealing Chagas disease; clinical evaluation established that she had the indeterminate form of chronic Chagas disease with evidence of likely autochthonous transmission. Trypanosoma cruzi DNA was detected by conventional polymerase chain reaction in Triatoma rubida captured at her home.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1534-1536
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	99
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0485
State	Published - 2018

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Evidence of likely autochthonous transmission of chagas disease in Arizona. / Beatty, Norman L.; Perez-Velez, Carlos M.; Yaglom, Hayley D.; Carson, Sharon; Liu, Eugene; Khalpey, Zain I.; Klotz, Stephen A.; Elliott, Sean P.

In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 99, No. 6, 2018, p. 1534-1536.

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Evidence of likely autochthonous transmission of chagas disease in Arizona

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