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Estudio epidemiológico, serológico y molecular de la enfermedad de chagas en la amazonía boliviana

Con-ciencia (La Paz); 6 (2), 2018
El presente estudio es parte del proyecto PIA-ACC.UMSA.01 Búsqueda de Nuevas Zonas Endémicas de la Enfermedad de Chagas en la Amazonía Boliviana como efecto del Cambio Climático, el cual nos ha permitido realizar el estudio epidemiológico - serológico y molecular de la enfermedad de Chagas en perso...

Protocolo del Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica: enfermedades vectoriales de origen parasitario. No. 04

Estos protocolos están dirigido a personal médico, paramédico y otros profesionales que realizan acciones gerenciales y operativas de vigilancia epidemiológica en los servicios de salud del país, y están divididos en varios tomos para dar a conocer y actualizar la identificación y medidas de contr...

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

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, echocardiogr...

Effect of chaotropes in Chagas disease and leishmaniasis cross-reacting serology assays for epidemiological surveys

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Serological cross-reactivity between leishmaniasis and Chagas disease, especially at low titers, leads to difficulties of the seroepidemiological interpretation. METHODS: We have studied the ability of urea as a chaotrope to select high-avidity antibodies in IgG ELISA, thus red...

Trypanosoma cruzi seroprevalence among solid organ donors in Ceará State, Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The transmission of Chagas disease (CD) through blood transfusion, organ transplantation, and oral transmission has gained greater visibility as a result of intensified vector control activities in endemic regions and to control CD in non-endemic regions. In Brazil, Ceará is one...

Electrocardiogram in Chagas disease

Abstract Since the initial descriptions of Chagas cardiomyopathy (ChCM), the electrocardiography has played a key role in patient evaluations. The diagnostic criterion of chronic ChCM is the presence of characteristic electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities in seropositive individuals, regardless of the...

Disautonomía y enfermedad de chagas

Rev. costarric. cardiol; 20 (supl.1), 2018
Resumen El "síndrome disautonómico" es un componente importante de la miocardiopatía chagásica. Se presenta una breve revi sión de su patogenia, en la cual interviene la interacción directa del parásito, inflamación y autoinmunidad, determinadas a su vez por la genética del parásito y del hués...

Maternal risk factors for the transmission of congenital chagas disease

Rev. patol. trop; 47 (3), 2018
The present article looks at the association between the epidemiological history of women infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and the risk of vertical transmission. Eighty-three chronically infected mothers and their 237 children were studied, using a cohort design. All patients reside in Santa Fe city, Arge...