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Epidemiology of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis and Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in the Northwestern Argentina.
- Source :
- BioMed Research International; 9/29/2016, Vol. 2016, p1-8, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Background. Endemic areas of tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) in Salta, Argentina, present some overlap zones with the geographical distribution of Chagas disease, with mixed infection cases being often detected. Objectives. The purpose of this study was to determine the magnitude of Leishmania sp. infection and potential associated risk factors, the serologic prevalence of T. cruzi, and the presence of T. cruzi-Leishmania sp. mixed infection in a region of the northwest of Argentina. Methods. Cross-sectional studies were conducted to detect TL prevalence and T. cruzi seroprevalence. A case-control study was conducted to examine leishmaniasis risk factors. Results. Prevalence of TL was 0.17%, seroprevalence of T. cruzi infection was 9.73%, and mixed infection proportion—within the leishmaniasic patients group—was 16.67%. The risk factors associated with TL transmission were sex, age, exposure to bites at work, staying outdoors more than 10 hours/day, bathing in the river, and living with people who had lesions or were infected during the study. Discussion. The endemic pattern of TL seems to involve exposure of patients to vectors in wild as well as peridomestic environment. Cases of T. cruzi infection are apparently due to migration. Therefore, a careful epidemiological surveillance is necessary due to the contraindication of antimonial administration to chagasic patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AGE distribution
CONFIDENCE intervals
PROBABILITY theory
LEISHMANIASIS
PUBLIC health surveillance
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SEX distribution
OCCUPATIONAL hazards
TRYPANOSOMIASIS
ENVIRONMENTAL exposure
MULTIPLE regression analysis
DISEASE prevalence
CROSS-sectional method
CASE-control method
SEROPREVALENCE
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
MIXED infections
INFECTIOUS disease transmission
DISEASE risk factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23146133
- Volume :
- 2016
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BioMed Research International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118432570
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6456031