American trypanosomiasis and electrocardiographic alterations among industrial workers in São Paulo, Brazil.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
; 46(6): 299-302, 2004.
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| ID: mdl-15654473
ABSTRACT
In this article, we evaluate electrocardiographic (ECG) alterations among urban workers from a mechanical-metallurgical industry in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In a cross-sectional survey carried out in 1980, we found 2.2% positive serological testing for Trypanosoma cruzi infection among 27,081 workers. A comparison between seropositive workers and a random sample of seronegative workers frequency-matched by age and occupation revealed that seropositive workers had a much lower educational level, and that a higher proportion of seropositive workers had ECG abnormalities (42.7%) when compared to those negative for T. cruzi infection (19.8%). The high frequency of ECG abnormalities suggests the need to provide medical assistance to these workers, without any kind of discrimination and to bring in a form of management that would decrease this dangerous risk to the workers and people around them.
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Assunto principal:
Doença de Chagas
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Coração
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
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En
Ano de publicação:
2004
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Article