Primary care and community-based screening for Chagas disease in London, United Kingdom, August 2023 to January 2025.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUNDChagas disease (CD), a tropical parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is increasingly recognised as a public health concern among Latin American migrants living in non-endemic settings. In London, United Kingdom (UK), home to over 160,000 people from endemic countries, no formal population-level CD screening programmes exist.AIMTo investigate the seroepidemiology of CD infection in Latin American adults living in London, UK.METHODSA cross-sectional, observational study utilising questionnaires and serological (T. cruzi) screening was performed between August 2023 and January 2025. Adults born in South America, Central America or Mexico (or whose mothers were born there) were eligible to participate. Screening was offered in primary care sites and by point-o

SUBMITTER: Elkheir N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12905528 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature