| Author | Montoya, Roberto | |
| Author | Dias, João Carlos Pinto | |
| Author | Coura, José Rodrigues | |
| Access date | 2019-07-11T17:34:39Z | |
| Available date | 2019-07-11T17:34:39Z | |
| Document date | 2003 | |
| Citation | MONTOYA, Roberto; DIAS, João Carlos Pinto; COURA, José Rodrigues. Chagas Disease in a community in Southeast Brazil. I. A serologic follow-up study on a vector controlled area. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, v. 45, n. 5, p. 269-274, Sept./Oct. 2003. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 1678-9946 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/34006 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo | pt_BR |
| Rights | open access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Trypanosoma cruzi | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Infecção | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Epidemiologia | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Controle vetorial | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Transmissão da doença de Chagas | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Prevalência da doença de Chagas | pt_BR |
| Title | Chagas Disease in a community in Southeast Brazil. I. A serologic follow-up study on a vector controlled area | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0036-46652003000500006 | pt_BR |
| Abstract | The prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection was evaluated in Berilo, Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil, from January to July 1997. A serological survey using the indirect immunofluorescence test (IFT) in dried blood collected on filter-paper was performed in a sample of 2,261 individuals. The overall prevalence rate of T. cruzi infection was 18%, and reached 50% in individuals older than 30 years from rural areas. The percentage of seropositivity was 0.17% among individuals younger than 10 years old, suggesting that vectorial transmission is controlled in the area. A decrease in prevalence rates among people born after 1960 and 1970 was observed
and this appears to be correlated with the beginning of control programs. A reduction in T. cruzi infection rates was observed when comparing our results with the rates estimated in a serologic study carried out in Berilo in 1983. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Bogotá, DC, Colombia. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Medicina Tropical. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | T. cruzi infection | pt_BR |
| Subject | Chagas’ disease prevalence | pt_BR |
| Subject | Epidemiology | pt_BR |
| Subject | Vectorial control | pt_BR |
| Subject | Chagas disease transmission | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 0036-4665 | |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 03 Saúde e Bem-Estar | |
