Seroprevalencia de la enfermedad de Chagas en 17 parajes del [quot ]Monte Impenetrable[quot ] de la Provincia del Chaco. / [Seroprevalence of Chagas disease in 17 rural communities of [quot ]Monte Impenetrable[quot ], Chaco Province]
Biancardi, Miguel A; Conca Moreno, Mónica; Torres, Natalia; Pepe, Carolina; Altcheh, Jaime; Freilij, Héctor.
Medicina [B Aires]
; 63(2): 125-9, 2003.
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| BINACIS | ID: bin-38983
In the month of July 1999 and 2000 we studied the presence of Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies in residents of 17 isolated rural communities of [quot ]Monte Impenetrable[quot ], in Chaco Province. This area has 3,000 km2 inhabited by about 3,000 person and presents all the conditions for the development of Chagas disease. A total of 344 blood samples were analysed for Chagas disease. All samples, stored with SEROKIT, were tested with indirect hemagglutination test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and particle agglutination test. Samples reactive for two assays were considered positive. Serological evidence of human T. cruzi infection was demonstrated in 183 (53.50
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