TY - JOUR AU - Dorn, Patricia L. AU - Perniciaro, Leon AU - Yabsley, Michael J. AU - Roellig, Dawn M. AU - Balsamo, Gary AU - Diaz, James AU - Wesson, Dawn T1 - Autochthonous Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, Louisiana T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 4 SP - 605 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Autochthonous transmission of the Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, was detected in a patient in rural New Orleans, Louisiana. The patient had positive test results from 2 serologic tests and hemoculture. Fifty-six percent of 18 Triatoma sanguisuga collected from the house of the patient were positive for T. cruzi by PCR. KW - Chagas disease KW - United States KW - Louisiana KW - Triatoma KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1304.061002 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/4/06-1002_article ER - End of Reference