É relatado um caso de fase aguda inaparente da doença de Chagas em lactente de sete meses de idade, filho de chagàsica crônica. Excluiu-se a possibilidade de transmissão congênita, vetorial ou por hemotransfusão concluindo-se pela transmissão da infecção chagàsica via aleitamento materno.
Background: Blood transfusion saves millions of lives everyday across the world. However, transmission of infections along with blood transfusion though can be minimized but cannot be completely avoided. The chance of transmitting infections is higher in underdeveloped laboratories with limited resources. Transfusion transmitted infections (TTI's) can cause significant morbidity and mortality as well.Methods: A retrospective data analysis was carried out in SMIMS, Gangtok, in the far eastern part of India to estimate the incidence of transfusion transmitted infections (TTI's) in the last five years, from January, 2013 to December, 2017. 5 ml of venous blood was collected from each donor and blood was screened for HBsAg, HIV, HCV, Syphilis and Malaria using card tests. The reactive cases were confirmed with third generation ELISA, TrueLISATM.
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