Acute Chagas Disease Outbreak among Military Personnel, Colombia, 2021

We report an acute Chagas disease outbreak among soldiers in Colombia. Trypanosoma cruzi infection was confirmed through parasitology, serology, and molecular methods. Among 9 affected soldiers, 2 died; 7 were hospitalized and received benznidazole treatment, which produced favorable outcomes. Perso...

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Autores principales: Vergara, Hernán Darío, Gómez, Carlos H., Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A., Herrera, Ana Catalina, López, María José, Camacho, Camila, Muñoz, Lilian, Cruz-Saavedra, Lissa, Hernández, Carolina, Ramírez, Juan David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37610186
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230886
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author Vergara, Hernán Darío
Gómez, Carlos H.
Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.
Herrera, Ana Catalina
López, María José
Camacho, Camila
Muñoz, Lilian
Cruz-Saavedra, Lissa
Hernández, Carolina
Ramírez, Juan David
author_facet Vergara, Hernán Darío
Gómez, Carlos H.
Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.
Herrera, Ana Catalina
López, María José
Camacho, Camila
Muñoz, Lilian
Cruz-Saavedra, Lissa
Hernández, Carolina
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description We report an acute Chagas disease outbreak among soldiers in Colombia. Trypanosoma cruzi infection was confirmed through parasitology, serology, and molecular methods. Among 9 affected soldiers, 2 died; 7 were hospitalized and received benznidazole treatment, which produced favorable outcomes. Personnel patrolling rural areas in Colombia could be at increased risk for Chagas disease.
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spelling pubmed-104616832023-09-01 Acute Chagas Disease Outbreak among Military Personnel, Colombia, 2021 Vergara, Hernán Darío Gómez, Carlos H. Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A. Herrera, Ana Catalina López, María José Camacho, Camila Muñoz, Lilian Cruz-Saavedra, Lissa Hernández, Carolina Ramírez, Juan David Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report an acute Chagas disease outbreak among soldiers in Colombia. Trypanosoma cruzi infection was confirmed through parasitology, serology, and molecular methods. Among 9 affected soldiers, 2 died; 7 were hospitalized and received benznidazole treatment, which produced favorable outcomes. Personnel patrolling rural areas in Colombia could be at increased risk for Chagas disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10461683/ /pubmed/37610186 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230886 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Vergara, Hernán Darío
Gómez, Carlos H.
Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.
Herrera, Ana Catalina
López, María José
Camacho, Camila
Muñoz, Lilian
Cruz-Saavedra, Lissa
Hernández, Carolina
Ramírez, Juan David
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title_sort acute chagas disease outbreak among military personnel, colombia, 2021
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461683/
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