Seroepidemiological and clinical study of Chagas' disease in Nicaragua

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Teresa Rivera B¹  Rosario Palma-guzman²  William Morales G² 

[1] ,UNAN-León Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología

关键词: Chagas' disease;    Chagasic cardiomyopathy;    Seroepidemiology;    Nicaragua;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46651995000300005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

With the aim of determining the prevalence, immunological profile, and knowing the electrocardiographic alterations, a clinical and Seroepidemiological study of Chagas' disease was performed in three rural settlements located at the North, East and West of Nicaragua. Anti T. cruzi antibodies were searched by indirect immunofluorescence (IFI) and hemagglutination (IHA) in a total of 803 subjects. Seropositives and the same number of seronegatives, matched by age and sex, were included in a case-control design for the electrocardiographic assessment. Antibody prevalence was 13.1, 4.3 and 3.2% in the respective settlements. In the first two the immunological profile corresponds to that of an endemic zone of long standing, were transmission has decreased, and in the third the pattern is of a zone under control. Electrocardiographic changes compatible with Chagas' disease were found in seropositive individuals, but difference with control group was not statistically significant. It is concluded that the disease is endemic in the three settlements and the clinical aspect requires further evaluation, including additional cardiologic techniques.

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