Comparative study of Chagas Disease Seroprevalence in pregnant women from endemic regions attended at Hospital General de Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico) and Johns Hopkins Bayview (Baltimore, USA)

SPH Faculty

• Eyal Oren, consultant

Principal Investigator

• Ingeborg Becker

Research Project Title

• Comparative study of Chagas Disease Seroprevalence in pregnant women from endemic regions attended at Hospital General de Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico) and Johns Hopkins Bayview (Baltimore, USA)

Project Description

• Our study will estimate the seroprevalence of Chagas disease among pregnant women born in Chagas-endemic regions and evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of a point-of-care rapid test with certain T. cruzi strains.

Location/Study Area

• Mexico

Collaborators

• Johns Hopkins University, UNAM