| Literature DB >> 1600437 |
R S Goldsmith1, R J Zárate, L G Zárate, G Morales, I Kagan, R Drickey, L B Jacobson.
Abstract
A seroepidemiologic survey conducted in 1971 in the rural Pacific coastal community of Chila in the Mexican state of Oaxaca showed an unusually high prevalence of antibody against the Chagas' disease agent Trypanosoma cruzi. Further studies were undertaken in 1973 and 1981 to (1) determine the pathologic impact of T. cruzi infection in humans, (2) investigate the natural history of the disease, (3) confirm that serologically positive persons were parasitologically positive, and (4) evaluate whether T. cruzi transmission continued into the next decade. This article reports results derived from those studies.Entities:
Keywords: Americas; Antibodies; Biology; Cardiovascular Effects; Comparative Studies; Cross Sectional Analysis; Developing Countries; Diseases; Epidemiologic Methods; Health; Immunity; Immunologic Factors; Latin America; Longitudinal Studies; Measurement; Methodological Studies; Mexico; North America; Parasite Control; Parasitic Diseases--etiology; Physiology; Prevalence; Public Health; Research Methodology; Signs And Symptoms; Studies
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1600437
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bull Pan Am Health Organ ISSN： 0085-4638