Chagas Disease in Pregnant Women in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. Cross-Sectional Study

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 (...

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Autores principales: Ramos-Rincón, José-Manuel, Ortiz-Martínez, Sonia, Vásquez-Chasnamote, María-Esteyner, Gamboa-Paredes, Olga-Nohelia, Pinedo-Cancino, Viviana-Vanessa, Ramal-Asayag, Cesar, Górgolas-Hernández-Mora, Miguel, Casapía-Morales, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
Materias:
Veterinary Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102543
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00556
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Sumario: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.

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