Using a Chagas disease hospital database: a clinical and epidemiological patient profile
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
; 51(6): 831-835, Nov.-Dec. 2018. graf
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em Inglês
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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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Assunto:
Registros Hospitalares
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Doença de Chagas
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
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