Author/Authors :
Muٌoz، نويسنده , , Jose and Prat، نويسنده , , Jordi Gَmez i and Gلllego، نويسنده , , Montserrat and Gimeno، نويسنده , , Fausto and Treviٌo، نويسنده , , Begoٌa and Lَpez-Chejade، نويسنده , , Pablo and Ribera، نويسنده , , Oriol and Molina، نويسنده , , Lluis and Sanz، نويسنده , , Sergi and Pinazo، نويسنده , , Marيa Jesْs and Riera، نويسنده , , Cristina and Posada، نويسنده , , Elizabeth J. and Sanz، نويسنده , , Ginés and Portْs، نويسنده , , Montserrat and Gascon، نويسنده , , Joaquim، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Background
disease is no longer limited to Latin America and is becoming frequent in industrialised countries in Europe and United States.
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riptive study of Latin American immigrants in Barcelona attending two centres for imported diseases during a period of 3 years. The main outcome was the identification of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected individuals in a non-endemic country and the characterization of their clinical and epidemiological features.
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l of 489 Latin American patients participated in the study. Forty-one percent were infected by T. cruzi, and the most frequent country of origin was Bolivia. All T. cruzi infected patients were in chronic stages of infection. 19% of cases had cardiac disorders and 9% had digestive disorders.
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percentage of participants in this study were infected by T. cruzi and various factors were found to be associated to the infection. It is important to improve clinical and epidemiological knowledge of T. cruzi infection in non-endemic countries and to develop appropriate screening and treatment protocols in these settings.
Keywords :
Immigration , Chagas disease , Cardiac disease , Trypanosoma cruzi
