Inquérito sorológico da prevalência de infecção chagásica no Brasil, 1975/1980

Estratégias de prevenção do acidente vascular encefálico cardioembólico na doença de Chagas

“…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 .…”

Domiciliation of Triatoma pseudomaculata (Corrêa e Espínola 1964) in the Jequitinhonha Valley, State of Minas Gerais

“…The region reported intense transmission of Chagas' disease before systematic vector control was initiated 8 . A national survey undertaken in 1975-1980 revealed an infection prevalence of 35.5% in Berilo, reaching 68.9% in people aged over 39 in people aged over 39 3 . Afterwards Aguilar 1 and Montoya 15 studied some aspects from epidemiology and morbidity of Chagas disease in this municipality.…”

Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Students at the Seven-Fourteen Age Range, Londrina, PR, Brazil, in 1995

“…Due to the ease with which the tests could be carried out, the easy transportation of the material and in order to reduce of costs, a digital collection of blood was made, (upon the permission of the children's parents or guardians) with the use of a paper filter as support, according to the standardized technique developed by Camargo et al (1984). The reliability and quality of this method has been demonstrated by a number of studies previously performed in our country.…”

“…The states with the highest rates of positive reaction were Rio Grande do Sul (8.8%), Minas Gerais, (8.8%) and Goiás (7.4%). In the State of Paraná and in the district of Londrina the rates of seropositivity were 4% and 3.7%, respectively (Brasil, Ministério da Saúde 1979, Camargo et al 1984.…”