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300,000 people in U.S. living with Chagas disease: report
English.news.cn 2012-07-07 10:02:30
WASHINGTON, July 6 (Xinhua) -- As many as 300,000 people in the United States may have chronic Chagas disease, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday.
In its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC said most people with Chagas disease in the United States are immigrants from areas in Latin America, where the disease is endemic.
According to the CDC, the first confirmed U.S. case of transmission from a mother to a newborn was recently documented. It estimated that between 65 and 638 cases of congenital Chagas disease occur in the United States each year...
300,000 people in U.S. living with Chagas disease: report
English.news.cn 2012-07-07 10:02:30
WASHINGTON, July 6 (Xinhua) -- As many as 300,000 people in the United States may have chronic Chagas disease, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday.
In its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC said most people with Chagas disease in the United States are immigrants from areas in Latin America, where the disease is endemic.
According to the CDC, the first confirmed U.S. case of transmission from a mother to a newborn was recently documented. It estimated that between 65 and 638 cases of congenital Chagas disease occur in the United States each year...