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

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 (pr...

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Main Authors: José-Manuel Ramos-Rincón, Sonia Ortiz-Martínez, María-Esteyner Vásquez-Chasnamote, Olga-Nohelia Gamboa-Paredes, Viviana-Vanessa Pinedo-Cancino, Cesar Ramal-Asayag, Miguel Górgolas-Hernández-Mora, Martin Casapía-Morales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
pregnant
Peru
Amazon
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2020.00556/full
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2297-1769

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