Prevalence and Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in a Military Population in Texas

Recent biosurveillance findings at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), a large military installation located in south-central Texas, indicate the potential for vector-borne human Chagas disease. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence and seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infe...

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Autores principales: Webber, Bryant J., Pawlak, Mary T., Valtier, Sandra, Daniels, Candelaria C., Tully, Charla C., Wozniak, Edward J., Roachell, Walter D., Sanchez, Francisco X., Blasi, Audra A., Cropper, Thomas L.
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Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5817750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28820695
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0109
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author Webber, Bryant J.
Pawlak, Mary T.
Valtier, Sandra
Daniels, Candelaria C.
Tully, Charla C.
Wozniak, Edward J.
Roachell, Walter D.
Sanchez, Francisco X.
Blasi, Audra A.
Cropper, Thomas L.
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Pawlak, Mary T.
Valtier, Sandra
Daniels, Candelaria C.
Tully, Charla C.
Wozniak, Edward J.
Roachell, Walter D.
Sanchez, Francisco X.
Blasi, Audra A.
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description Recent biosurveillance findings at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), a large military installation located in south-central Texas, indicate the potential for vector-borne human Chagas disease. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence and seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in highest risk subpopulations on the installation, including students and instructors who work and sleep in triatomine-endemic field settings. Real-time polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and indirect immunofluorescent antibody assay were performed on enrolled subjects (N = 1,033), none of whom tested positive for T. cruzi or anti-T. cruzi antibodies. Current countermeasures used during field training on JBSA appear to be sufficient for preventing autochthonous human Chagas disease.
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spelling pubmed-58177502018-04-30 Prevalence and Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in a Military Population in Texas Webber, Bryant J. Pawlak, Mary T. Valtier, Sandra Daniels, Candelaria C. Tully, Charla C. Wozniak, Edward J. Roachell, Walter D. Sanchez, Francisco X. Blasi, Audra A. Cropper, Thomas L. Am J Trop Med Hyg Articles Recent biosurveillance findings at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), a large military installation located in south-central Texas, indicate the potential for vector-borne human Chagas disease. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence and seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in highest risk subpopulations on the installation, including students and instructors who work and sleep in triatomine-endemic field settings. Real-time polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and indirect immunofluorescent antibody assay were performed on enrolled subjects (N = 1,033), none of whom tested positive for T. cruzi or anti-T. cruzi antibodies. Current countermeasures used during field training on JBSA appear to be sufficient for preventing autochthonous human Chagas disease. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2017-11-08 2017-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5817750/ /pubmed/28820695 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0109 Text en © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Pawlak, Mary T.
Valtier, Sandra
Daniels, Candelaria C.
Tully, Charla C.
Wozniak, Edward J.
Roachell, Walter D.
Sanchez, Francisco X.
Blasi, Audra A.
Cropper, Thomas L.
Prevalence and Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in a Military Population in Texas
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title_short Prevalence and Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in a Military Population in Texas
title_sort prevalence and seroprevalence of trypanosoma cruzi infection in a military population in texas
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5817750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28820695
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0109
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