Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery

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Autor(a) principal: Coura,José Rodrigues
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Dias,João Carlos Pinto
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Resumo: Chagas disease originated millions of years ago as an enzootic infection of wild animals and began to be transmitted to humans as an anthropozoonosis when man invaded wild ecotopes. While evidence of human infection has been found in mummies up to 9,000 years old, endemic Chagas disease became established as a zoonosis only in the last 200-300 years, as triatomines adapted to domestic environments. It is estimated that 15-16 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi in Latin America, and 75-90 million are exposed to infection. Control of Chagas disease must be undertaken by interrupting its transmission by vectors and blood transfusions, improving housing and areas surrounding dwellings, providing sanitation education for exposed populations and treating acute and recently infected chronic cases. These measures should be complemented by surveillance and primary, secondary and tertiary care.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery
title Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery
spellingShingle Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery
Coura,José Rodrigues
Chagas disease
epidemiology
control and surveillance
title_short Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery
title_full Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery
title_fullStr Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery
title_sort Epidemiology, control and surveillance of Chagas disease: 100 years after its discovery
author Coura,José Rodrigues
author_facet Coura,José Rodrigues
Dias,João Carlos Pinto
author_role author
author2 Dias,João Carlos Pinto
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Coura,José Rodrigues
Dias,João Carlos Pinto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Chagas disease
epidemiology
control and surveillance
topic Chagas disease
epidemiology
control and surveillance
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Chagas disease originated millions of years ago as an enzootic infection of wild animals and began to be transmitted to humans as an anthropozoonosis when man invaded wild ecotopes. While evidence of human infection has been found in mummies up to 9,000 years old, endemic Chagas disease became established as a zoonosis only in the last 200-300 years, as triatomines adapted to domestic environments. It is estimated that 15-16 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi in Latin America, and 75-90 million are exposed to infection. Control of Chagas disease must be undertaken by interrupting its transmission by vectors and blood transfusions, improving housing and areas surrounding dwellings, providing sanitation education for exposed populations and treating acute and recently infected chronic cases. These measures should be complemented by surveillance and primary, secondary and tertiary care.
description Chagas disease originated millions of years ago as an enzootic infection of wild animals and began to be transmitted to humans as an anthropozoonosis when man invaded wild ecotopes. While evidence of human infection has been found in mummies up to 9,000 years old, endemic Chagas disease became established as a zoonosis only in the last 200-300 years, as triatomines adapted to domestic environments. It is estimated that 15-16 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi in Latin America, and 75-90 million are exposed to infection. Control of Chagas disease must be undertaken by interrupting its transmission by vectors and blood transfusions, improving housing and areas surrounding dwellings, providing sanitation education for exposed populations and treating acute and recently infected chronic cases. These measures should be complemented by surveillance and primary, secondary and tertiary care.
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