Author | Matos, Christiane Santos | |
Author | Santos Júnior, José Eloy dos | |
Author | Medeiros, Fernanda Alvarenga Cardoso | |
Author | Furtado, Eliana | |
Author | Dias, João Carlos Pinto | |
Access date | 2015-02-10T17:38:44Z | |
Available date | 2015-02-10T17:38:44Z | |
Document date | 2014 | |
Citation | MATOS, Christiane Santos et al. Current situation and perspectives regarding human Chagas disease in midwestern of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, v. 109, n. 3, p. 374-378, 2014. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0074-0276 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/9480 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Current situation and perspectives regarding human Chagas disease in midwestern of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
Abstract | Recognising the importance of Chagas disease in Brazil, Bambuí set up epidemiological surveillance for Chagas disease in 1974 and was the first municipality to do so. To ascertain the current epidemiology of Chagas disease in this municipality, 1.782 blood samples from the general population were analysed; 7.7% of samples were found to be seropositive for Chagas disease. A strong positive correlation between increasing age and Chagas disease was evident in both genders, with the highest prevalence in individuals aged over 60 years. Clinically, the cardiodigestive form of Chagas disease was the most common in these samples. These data confirm the interruption of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission, in parallel with a still important residual morbidity of Chagas disease in the county, thus sup¬porting political decisions that will prioritise epidemiological surveillance and medical treatment of Chagas disease in the coming years. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa René Rachou. Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa René Rachou. Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Ezequiel Dias. Laboratório de Parasitologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Ezequiel Dias.Laboratório de Parasitologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa René Rachou. Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil/Posto Avançado de Pesquisas Emmanuel Dias. Bambuí, MG, Brasil | pt_BR |
Subject | Bambuí | pt_BR |
Subject | Chagas disease | pt_BR |
Subject | seroprevalence | pt_BR |