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THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION OF SEROREACTIVITY TO TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI IN A RURAL COMMUNITY IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL
Comunidade rural
Área rural
Epidemiologia
Doença de Chagas
Soropositividade
Brasil
Rural population
Rural areas
Epiddemiology
Chagas disease
Seropositivity
Brazil
Author
Affilliation
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Instituto Nacional de Endemias Rurais. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Instituto Nacional de Endemias Rurais. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. London, England.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. London, England.
Federal University of Bahia. Faculdade de Medicina. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Tropical Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Instituto Nacional de Endemias Rurais. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Instituto Nacional de Endemias Rurais. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. London, England.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. London, England.
Federal University of Bahia. Faculdade de Medicina. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Abstract
The prevalence rates and household distribution of seroreactivity to Trypanosoma cruzi by complement fixation (CF) and indirect immunofluorescent antibody methods werw determined in a population of 1,087 persons living in a rural area endemic for Chagas' disease in northeast Brazil. There was a gradual rise in the rate of seropositivity to 60%, but declined age 20. Between ages 20 and 55 the prevalence rate remained at bout 60%, but declined age 20.
Keywords in Portuguese
Trypanosoma cruziComunidade rural
Área rural
Epidemiologia
Doença de Chagas
Soropositividade
Brasil
Keywords
Trypanosoma cruziRural population
Rural areas
Epiddemiology
Chagas disease
Seropositivity
Brazil
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