TY - JOUR
T1 - Chagas Disease in Pregnant Women in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. Cross-Sectional Study
AU - Spanish-Peruvian Chagas, HTLV and Strongyloides Network
AU - Ramos-Rincón, José Manuel
AU - Ortiz-Martínez, Sonia
AU - Vásquez-Chasnamote, María Esteyner
AU - Gamboa-Paredes, Olga Nohelia
AU - Pinedo-Cancino, Viviana Vanessa
AU - Ramal-Asayag, Cesar
AU - Górgolas-Hernández-Mora, Miguel
AU - Casapía-Morales, Martin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2020 Ramos-Rincón, Ortiz-Martínez, Vásquez-Chasnamote, Gamboa-Paredes, Pinedo-Cancino, Ramal-Asayag, Górgolas-Hernández-Mora and Casapía-Morales.
PY - 2020/9/15
Y1 - 2020/9/15
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Amazon
KW - Chagas disease
KW - Peru
KW - Trypanosoma cruzi
KW - pregnant
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091805102&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fvets.2020.00556
DO - 10.3389/fvets.2020.00556
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091805102
SN - 2297-1769
VL - 7
JO - Frontiers in Veterinary Science
JF - Frontiers in Veterinary Science
M1 - 556
ER -
