| Autor: |
Borges JD; Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, UFOP, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil., Assis GF, Gomes LV, Dias JC, Pinto ID, Martins-Filho OA, Torres RM, Viñas PA, Bahia MT, Machado-Coelho GL, Lana Md |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo [Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo] 2006 Mar-Apr; Vol. 48 (2), pp. 81-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 May 08. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s0036-46652006000200005 |
| Abstrakt: |
Six years after the beginning of the epidemiological surveillance of Chagas disease in Berilo and José Gonçalves de Minas, Jequitinhonha Valley, MG, Brazil, a serological inquiry was performed to observe whether the transmission of this endemy was occurring in this area. A randomized sample of 1,412 children seven to 14 years old, was screened. Six asymptomatic children were found to be positive, leading to 0.4% of prevalence. Hemoculture confirmed infection in five out of the six positive cases. Additional epidemiological investigation revealed important antecedents, such as disease reports in relatives and predisposing ecological and housing conditions. Our results demonstrated similar seroprevalence (0.4%) in schoolchildren, ranging from seven to 14 years old, and that were observed six years ago (0.2%) for children 0-9 year-old. Thus, considering the constant presence of Panstrogylus megistus in the peridomicile these findings emphasize the need of continuous improved epidemiological surveillance of Chagas disease in this region. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
