Acute Chagas disease in a returning traveler

Yvonne L Carter; Jonathan J Juliano; Susan P Montgomery; Yvonne Qvarnstrom

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0354

Acute Chagas disease in a returning traveler

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Dec;87(6):1038-40. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0354. Epub 2012 Oct 22.

Authors

Yvonne L Carter¹, Jonathan J Juliano, Susan P Montgomery, Yvonne Qvarnstrom

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. cartery@ecu.edu

Abstract

Acute Chagas disease is rarely recognized, and the risk for acquiring the disease is undefined in travelers to Central America. We describe a case of acute Chagas disease in a traveler to Costa Rica and highlight the need for increased awareness of this infection in travelers to Chagas-endemic areas.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Chagas Disease / diagnosis
Chagas Disease / drug therapy
Chagas Disease / epidemiology
Chagas Disease / pathology*
Costa Rica / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Nifurtimox / therapeutic use
Travel
Trypanocidal Agents / therapeutic use

Substances

Trypanocidal Agents
Nifurtimox