Using a Chagas disease hospital database: a clinical and epidemiological patient profile
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
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51(6): 831-835, Nov.-Dec. 2018. graf
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Abstract INTRODUCTION:
Chagas disease (CD) prevention and control rely on studies of its distribution, characteristics of individuals affected and mode of transmission. CD data in Brazil are scarce; a retrospective analysis of the clinical characteristics of 80 patients treated at the Clinical Hospital of UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, was performed.METHODS:
Patient data records were analyzed.RESULTS:
Thirty percent of the patients probably got infected through vector-borne transmission, 65% came from endemic areas, a predominance of cardiac and cardiodigestive forms was found among males, and the cardiac form prevailed (51%).CONCLUSIONS:
The results update the view on the epidemiology of CD in Campinas, Brazil.
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Main subject:
Hospital Records
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Chagas Disease
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR
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Universidade Federal de Alfenas/BR
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