Anna Barbiero, Martina Mazzi, Antonia Mantella, Michele Trotta, Gian Maria Rossolini, Alberto Antonelli, Patrizia Bordonaro, Maria Grazia Colao, Anna Rosa Speciale, Tullio Di Benedetto, Mariarosaria Di Tommaso, Elisabetta Mantengoli, Felice Petraglia, Luisa Galli, Marco Pezzati, Carlo Dani, Maria José Caldes Pinilla, Cecilia Berni, Bassam Dannaoui, Pedro Albajar Viñas, Alessandro Bartoloni, Lorenzo Zammarchi
The leading route of Chagas disease transmission in nonendemic countries is congenital. However, policies concerning screening, prevention, and management of congenital Chagas disease are rare in these settings. Since 2012, serological screening for Chagas disease should be provided for pregnant women at risk in Tuscany, Italy according to a Regional resolution. Due to difficulties in the implementation, in November 2019, a checklist aimed at identifying pregnant women at risk for Chagas disease was introduced in digital clinical records at Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy...
January 6, 2023: Microorganisms