| dc.creator | Añez Reverol, Nestor Oswaldo | |
| dc.creator | Crisante R., Gladys E. | |
| dc.creator | Rojas E., Agustina del V. | |
| dc.date | 2009-11-12T19:21:41Z | |
| dc.date | 2009-11-12T19:21:41Z | |
| dc.date | 2004-12 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-03T14:24:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-03T14:24:18Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.saber.ula.ve/handle/123456789/29821 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/213120 | |
| dc.description | The present article reviews the status of Chagas disease in Venezuela based on the detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infections both in referred patients with clinical presumptive diagnosis (1988-2002) and in individuals sampled from rural localities representative of the different geographical regions of the country (1995-2002). In the former group from 306 individuals examined, 174 (56.8%) were seropositive to T. cruzi; 73 (42%) in the acute phase with 52 (71%) showing blood circulating parasites, and from these 38% were children under 10 years old. The other 101 (58%) showed chronic infection at different degrees of cardiac complication. In addition, serologic examination of 3835 individuals from rural areas revealed 11.7% seroprevalence. From these, 8.5% (38/448) were children aged
from 0 to 10 years old. These figures suggest that Chagas disease may be re-emerging in Venezuela judging for the
active transmission detected during the last decade. The success of the Venezuelan anti-chagasic campaign during the last 40 years is evaluated in the frame of the present results. The epidemiological situation is discussed and recommendation to consider Chagas disease as a national priority is given. | |
| dc.description | 781-787 | |
| dc.description | nanes@ula.ve | |
| dc.description | gecr68@hotmail.com | |
| dc.description | agustinarojas@yahoo.com | |
| dc.language | es | |
| dc.publisher | Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 99(8): 781-787, December 2004 | |
| dc.subject | Facultad de Ciencias | |
| dc.subject | Venezuela | |
| dc.subject | Chagas disease | |
| dc.subject | Re-emergence | |
| dc.subject | Update | |
| dc.subject | Artículos | |
| dc.title | Update on Chagas disease in Venezuela - A review | |
| dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |
