Oral transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Brazilian Amazon

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Santana, Rosa Amélia G. (author)
Other Authors: Guerra, Maria Graças V.B. (author), Sousa, Débora R. (author), Couceiro, Kátia (author), Ortiz, Jessica V. (author), Oliveira, Maurício (author), Ferreira, Lucas S. (author), Souza, Kenny R. (author), Tavares, Igor C. (author), Morais, Romulo F. (author), Silva, George A.V. (author), Melo, Gisely C. (author), Vergel, Gabriel M. (author), Albuquerque, Bernardino C. (author), Arcanjo, Ana Ruth L. (author), Monteiro, Wuelton M. (author), Ferreira, João Marcos B.B. (author), Lacerda, Marcus V.G. (author), Silveira, Henrique (author), Guerra, Jorge Augusto O. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Parasitology
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/117264
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/117264
Description
Summary: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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