Chagas Disease in Pregnant Women in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. Cross-Sectional Study.
Por:
Ramos-Rincón JM, Ortiz-Martínez S, Vásquez-Chasnamote ME, Gamboa-Paredes ON, Pinedo-Cancino VV, Ramal-Asayag C, Górgolas-Hernández-Mora M and Casapía-Morales M
Publicada:
1 ene 2020
Ahead of Print:
15 sep 2020
Resumen:
Aims: To assess the prevalence of Chagas disease in pregnant women in Iquitos City, Peru. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional survey in 300 pregnant women in Iquitos (Peru) from 1 May 2019 to 15 June 2019. Women were tested using an ELISA serology test. Results: Serology was positive in one case (prevalence: 0.33%; 95% confidence interval: 7.1-13.9%), of a 25-year-old woman who lived in a wooden house with a leaf roof in a periurban area of Iquitos. She was familiar with kissing bugs and had chronic, asymptomatic Chagas disease. Conclusion: The prevalence of Chagas disease is low in the urban and peri-urban area of the city of Iquitos.
Filiaciones:
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Clinical Medicine Department, University Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain
Internal Medicine Service, General University Hospital of Alicante-ISABIAL, Alicante, Spain
Ortiz-Martínez S:
Medical Practice El Ballestero, Health Service of Castilla La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
Vásquez-Chasnamote ME:
Natural Resources Research Center, Peruvian Amazon National University, Iquitos, Peru
Gamboa-Paredes ON:
Research Assistant, Amazon Rainforest Civil Association, Iquitos, Peru
Pinedo-Cancino VV:
Molecular Biology and Immunology Laboratory of the Specialized Unit of LIPNAA-CIRNA, Peruvian Amazon National University, Iquitos, Peru
Ramal-Asayag C:
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Service, Loreto Regional Hospital, Iquitos, Peru
School of Medicine, National University of the Peruvian Amazon, Iquitos, Peru
Górgolas-Hernández-Mora M:
Infectious Disease Division, University Hospital Foundation Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
Medicine Department, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Casapía-Morales M:
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Service, Loreto Regional Hospital, Iquitos, Peru
School of Medicine, National University of the Peruvian Amazon, Iquitos, Peru
Medical Department, Amazon Rainforest Civil Association, Iquitos, Peru
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