Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Aras,Roque
Data de Publicação: 2002
Outros Autores: Veiga,Marielza, Gomes,Irênio, Mota,Gildo, Rodrigues,Bernardo, Rabelo,Rosângela, Guzman-Bracho,Carmen, Melo,Ailton
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Online)
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Resumo: 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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spelling Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern BrazilChagas' diseaseprevalencetrypanosomiasisOBJECTIVE - 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.Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC2002-05-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2002000500001Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia v.78 n.5 2002reponame:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)instacron:SBC10.1590/S0066-782X2002000500001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAras,RoqueVeiga,MarielzaGomes,IrênioMota,GildoRodrigues,BernardoRabelo,RosângelaGuzman-Bracho,CarmenMelo,Ailtoneng2002-08-13T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0066-782X2002000500001Revistahttp://www.arquivosonline.com.br/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||arquivos@cardiol.br1678-41700066-782Xopendoar:2002-08-13T00:00Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern Brazil
title Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern Brazil
spellingShingle Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern Brazil
Aras,Roque
Chagas' disease
prevalence
trypanosomiasis
title_short Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern Brazil
title_full Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern Brazil
title_fullStr Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern Brazil
title_sort Prevalence of Chagas' Disease in Mulungu do Morro Northeastern Brazil
author Aras,Roque
author_facet Aras,Roque
Veiga,Marielza
Gomes,Irênio
Mota,Gildo
Rodrigues,Bernardo
Rabelo,Rosângela
Guzman-Bracho,Carmen
Melo,Ailton
author_role author
author2 Veiga,Marielza
Gomes,Irênio
Mota,Gildo
Rodrigues,Bernardo
Rabelo,Rosângela
Guzman-Bracho,Carmen
Melo,Ailton
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Aras,Roque
Veiga,Marielza
Gomes,Irênio
Mota,Gildo
Rodrigues,Bernardo
Rabelo,Rosângela
Guzman-Bracho,Carmen
Melo,Ailton
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Chagas' disease
prevalence
trypanosomiasis
topic Chagas' disease
prevalence
trypanosomiasis
description 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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