Chagas' Myocarditis Imported Into France

Chagas Disease, France

“…Acute forms of CD diagnosed in Europe usually involve Europeans returning from stays in disease-endemic areas. The acute case described here underlines, as previously stated by Brisseau et al (6), that a short stay in a disease-endemic zone, even for a few days, is suffi cient to become a potential source of T. cruzi. In France, since April 2007, all persons who have spent any time in Central or South America are screened for T. cruzi before blood donation.…”

EuroTravNet: imported Chagas disease in nine European countries, 2008 to 2009

“…As a consequence, imported Chagas disease has been recognised as an emerging public health problem in North America, Western Pacific countries (mainly Australia and Japan) and Europe [5]. Sporadic cases have been described in Europe in the last 20 years arising from acute infection after travel to an endemic area [6], blood transfusion [7], laboratory accident [8], and, most recently, as a result of reactivation in an HIV-coinfected patient [9]. Indeed, in non-endemic countries, blood transfusion is one of the main modes of acquiring the infection, making implementation of screening programmes in at-risk donors advisable in all European blood banks [10].…”

Chagasen gaixotasuna Europan, endemikoa ez izan arren kontuan hartzekoa

“…Chagasen gaixotasun akutuaren kasu gutxi batzuen berri besterik ez da eman Europan; Latinoamerikako herrialde endemikoetan egon diren bidaiariak, herrialde endemikoetako etorkinak eta Europan bertan gertatu diren kasuak (sortzetiko transmisioa, odol-transfusioa edo transplantea) dituzte oinarri [48][49][50][51]. Europan behatu diren gaixo gehienak infekzioaren aldi kroniko eta indeterminatuan daude, eta aldi kliniko horren prebalentzia % 68-% 72 bitarte da [52][53][54][55][56], eta Espainiako Erresuman egin zen ikerketa baten arabera, pazienteen % 31,5ek anomalia elektrokardiografiko bat zuen [55].…”