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

Spanish-Peruvian Chagas, HTLV and Strongyloides Network

doi:10.3389/fvets.2020.00556

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

Spanish-Peruvian Chagas, HTLV and Strongyloides Network

Faculty of Human Medicine

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	556
Journal	Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00556
State	Published - 15 Sep 2020

Keywords

Amazon
Chagas disease
Peru
Trypanosoma cruzi
pregnant

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

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