Outbreak of acute Chagas disease associated with oral transmission in the Rio Negro region, Brazilian Amazon

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Rita De Cassia De Souza-lima¹  Maria Das Gracas Vale Barbosa¹  Jose Rodrigues Coura¹  Ana Ruth Lima Arcanjo¹  Adelaide Da Silva Nascimento¹  Joao Marcos Bemfica Barbosa Ferreira¹  Laylah Kelre Magalhaes¹  Bernardino Claudio De Albuquerque¹  Guilherme Alfredo Novelino Araujo¹  Jorge Augusto De Oliveira Guerra¹ 

关键词: Chagas disease;    Acute outbreak;    State of Amazonas;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-1367-2013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Introduction Chagas disease is considered as emerging in the Brazilian Amazon, usually occurring in acute outbreaks. Methods We describe 17 cases of acute Chagas disease in Rio Negro, Amazonas. Results There were 15 males (average age, 31.3 years), all positive for Trypanosoma cruzi in fresh blood smear examination, and 14 positive by xenodiagnosis and PCR. The top clinical manifestations were fever, asthenia, abdominal pain, and palpitations. Electrocardiograms featured low-voltage QRS, anterosuperior divisional block, and right bundle branch block associated with anterosuperior divisional block. Conclusions All patients had consumed açaí products from Monte Alegre in the rural area around Santa Izabel do Rio Negro, Brazil.

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