1993
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x1993000200012
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A doença de Chagas e seu controle na América Latina: uma análise de possibilidades

Abstract: Chagas' disease is still a major public health problem in Latin America, affecting about 15 million individuals and leaving tens of millions of others at risk, most of whom are from rural areas and are socially marginalized. The main strategies and tools for the control of the disease are related to the vectorial and transfusional transmission of the parasite. Regular programs have proven effective, as in Brazil, and they depend basically on political will and basic technical and financial conditions. Epidemio… Show more

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“…Blood samples from residents of this locality tested by immunofluorescence assay had 12.5% positivity for anti-T. cruzi antibodies (70). These observations suggest that to prevent transmission of T. cruzi infections to humans in the Amazon Basin, new strategies are needed, which will not necessarily be similar to those used in controlling endemic Chagas disease in other ecosystems, such as the Cerrado and Caatinga ecosystems in Brazil (1,63,66,67,71).…”
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confidence: 98%
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“…Blood samples from residents of this locality tested by immunofluorescence assay had 12.5% positivity for anti-T. cruzi antibodies (70). These observations suggest that to prevent transmission of T. cruzi infections to humans in the Amazon Basin, new strategies are needed, which will not necessarily be similar to those used in controlling endemic Chagas disease in other ecosystems, such as the Cerrado and Caatinga ecosystems in Brazil (1,63,66,67,71).…”
Section: Researchmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…First, the broadleaf moist rain forest ecosystem may be invaded by triatomine species (T. infestans and T. rubrofasciata), which are considered completely adapted to human domiciles, or by other triatomines (P. megistus and T. brasiliensis, T. pseudomaculata, and T. sordida), which can be found in different ecosystems but frequently enter and colonize houses (64). Second, several Amazon Basin triatomine species (R. pictipes, R. prolixus, R. neglectus, R. nausutus, T. vitticeps, T. rubrovaria and others) can adapt to human dwellings, where they could become important vectors of the T. cruzi infections (63)(64)(65)(66)(67)(68)(69). We found no vestiges of triatomine colonization in houses or their surroundings in our study area.…”
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“…Around 30% of these patients will develop the chronic Chagasic cardiopathy, the most prevalent symptomatic clinical form and the most important determinant of its severity 2,3 , which has heart failure, tachy-and bradyarrhythmias and thromboembolic events as the main clinical manifestations 4 .…”
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“…It is one of the major public health problems in Brazil, with an estimated 3 million people infected [1][2][3] .…”
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