Abstract

INTRODUCTION:

Chagas disease (CD) prevention and control rely on studies of its distribution, characteristics of individuals affected and mode of transmission. CD data in Brazil are scarce; a retrospective analysis of the clinical characteristics of 80 patients treated at the Clinical Hospital of UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, was performed.

METHODS:

Patient data records were analyzed.

RESULTS:

Thirty percent of the patients probably got infected through vector-borne transmission, 65% came from endemic areas, a predominance of cardiac and cardiodigestive forms was found among males, and the cardiac form prevailed (51%).

CONCLUSIONS:

The results update the view on the epidemiology of CD in Campinas, Brazil.

Details

Title
Using a Chagas disease hospital database: a clinical and epidemiological patient profile
Author
Bruscato, Andressa; Mariane Barroso Pereira; Archilia, Mariana Degaki; Thassia, Mariane Teodoro; de Almeida, Eros Antônio; Martins, Luiz Cláudio; de Figueiredo Peloso, Eduardo; Fernanda Ramos Gadelha
Pages
831-835
Section
Short Communication
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Nov/Dec 2018
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN
00378682
e-ISSN
16789849
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2148489357
Copyright
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