Human Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Argentinean Chaco: risk factors and identification of households with infected children for treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease (NTD). Cost-effective strategies for large-scale implementation of diagnosis and etiological treatment are urgently needed to comply with NTD control goals. We determined the seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection and associated risk factors in a well-defined rural population of Pampa del Indio municipality including creole and indigenous (Qom) households and developed two indices to identify houses harboring infected children.

Methods

We serodiagnosed and administered a questionnaire to 1337 residents (48.2% of the listed population) in two sections of the municipality (named Areas II and IV) 6-9 years after deploying sustained vector control interventions. Multiple logistic regression models were used to eval

SUBMITTER: Macchiaverna NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10826042 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature