Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern Brazil
| Autor: | Gildo Mota, Ailton Melo, Rosângela Rabelo, Irenio Gomes, Bernardo Rodrigues, Roque Aras, Carmen Guzman-Bracho, Marielza Veiga |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Gerontology
Chagas disease Adult Male Rural Population lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system medicine.medical_specialty trypanosomiasis Adolescent Urban Population Population prevalence Prevalence Disease Seroepidemiologic Studies Internal medicine Epidemiology parasitic diseases medicine Humans Chagas Disease education Child education.field_of_study Transmission (medicine) business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Middle Aged medicine.disease Chagas' disease Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors lcsh:RC666-701 Child Preschool Population study Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Trypanosomiasis Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Volume: 78, Issue: 5, Pages: 441-443, Published: MAY 2002 Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia v.78 n.5 2002 Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) instacron:SBC Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, Vol 78, Iss 5, Pp 441-443 (2002) |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE - The aim of this paper is to describe the prevalence of T. Cruzi infection in patients of from Mulungu do Morro, a rural tropical region of Northeastern Brazil. METHODS - A cross-sectional study was performed. After randomly selecting samples of the population, and obtaining their consents , patients completed pretested epidemiological and clinical questionnaires. Serum samples from all patients were collected and screened for the presence of T. cruzi antibodies. RESULTS - Of 694 patients examined, 174 patients (25.1%) tested had a positive serology for Chagas' disease. Of the study population, 341 patients were male with 27% Chagas' disease prevalence, without a statistical difference. Illiteracy was the only variable related to T. cruzi infection in our population. CONCLUSION - In conclusion, our study points to the high prevalence of Chagas' disease among patients in Mulungu do Morro, suggesting that this region has a high frequency of infection and probably active vectorial transmission. |
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