Chagas prevalence in the Moromoro parish of Piñas cantón
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ELISA, Indirect hemagglutination, Age, Sex.Abstract
Chagas disease, a complex parasitic infection with high mortality. The World Health Organization points out that statistics doot reflect the true magnitude of the problem. Zonal Health Coordination 7 does not have established epidemiology, which justifies this investigation. The objectives were: To identify Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies by ELISA serological technique; to perform confirmatory testing by indirect hemagglutination; to determine epidemiological variables and risk factors that influence the presence of Chagas Disease in patients with a definitive diagnosis; to report patients with a definitive diagnosis to the Ministerio de Salud Pública for further treatment. This is a study qualitative, cross-sectional exploratory study, a universe of 1371 inhabitants was taken and 200 of them were assessed. In the results, 17% of the patients were positive for the two studies, the most affected age groups were 80 years and older, with 32%, followed by the 70-79 age group with 29.4%, all of them female-dominated. Finally, the patients were reported to the Ministerio de Salud Pública and are currently being monitored and treated. Concluding that the study has a high impact at the epidemiological level, considering that it is a rare disease.Metrics
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