Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of Chagas disease in an endemic area of Sergipe State, Brazil

Autor:	Ivani Rodrigues Glass, Allan Dantas dos Santos, Ana Elisabeth Leal Varjão, Isabela Soares Costa, Dalmo Correia, Ângela Maria Silva
Jazyk:	angličtina
Předmět:	Trypanosoma cruzi Seroprevalence Epidemiological variables Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962
Zdroj:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 51, Iss 5, Pp 660-664
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1678-9849 0037-8682
DOI:	10.1590/0037-8682-0067-2018
Popis:	Abstract INTRODUCTION: We evaluated clinical and epidemiological characteristics of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Sergipe. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we collected serum samples to identify serological markers of Chagas disease. A questionnaire was used, and electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, chest radiography, and contrast radiography of esophagus and colon were performed. RESULTS: T. cruzi infection seroprevalence was 12.1%, mean age of subjects was 55 years, 90% had an elementary school education, 78.6% were agriculture workers, and 60.5% had electrocardiographic abnormalities. CONCLUSIONS: A high prevalence of T. cruzi infection was observed in mostly elderly individuals.
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