Evidence of Likely Autochthonous Transmission of Chagas Disease in Arizona

Abstract

A healthy 16-year-old girl born and raised in Tucson, AZ, had screening and confirmatory testing revealing Chagas disease; clinical evaluation established that she had the indeterminate form of chronic Chagas disease with evidence of likely autochthonous transmission. <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> DNA was detected by conventional polymerase chain reaction in <i>Triatoma rubida</i> captured at her home.