Estudio serológico de enfermedades de chagas en tres unidades militares de Asunción / Annual Reports 1991 / Serological study of chagas' disease in three military units of Asunción

ABSTRACT

A serological survey for Chagas' diseases has been performed in 300 conscripts belonging to there branches of service of the Armed Forces of Paraguay, in military barracks located in Asunción. An Elisa kit, the Chagas'test kit, developed at IICS, has been used in this study, which revealed 7 percent of positive serology for chagas' disease in the conscripts