Aretuza Zaupa Gasparim1, Carlos Edmundo Rodrigues Fontes1,2, Diogo Francisco Rossoni3, Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo1,4. 1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil. 2. Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil. 3. Departamento de Estatística, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil. 4. Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
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INTRODUCTION: Profiles of patients with Chagas disease in Paraná were studied. METHODS: A descriptive, questionnaire-based study was performed. RESULTS: Of 270 participants, 64% were female, 60% were aged ≥65 years, 91% were infected via vector transmission, and 44% were infected in Paraná. Indeterminate (30%), cardiac (36%), cardiodigestive (20%) and digestive (14%) forms were found. CONCLUSIONS: Patients who were older than 65 years of age, retired, female, living in the urban area of Maringá, and infected by vector transmission in childhood in Paraná presented cardiac and digestive signs and did not receive etiological treatment when first diagnosed.
INTRODUCTION: Profiles of patients with Chagas disease in Paraná were studied. METHODS: A descriptive, questionnaire-based study was performed. RESULTS: Of 270 participants, 64% were female, 60% were aged ≥65 years, 91% were infected via vector transmission, and 44% were infected in Paraná. Indeterminate (30%), cardiac (36%), cardiodigestive (20%) and digestive (14%) forms were found. CONCLUSIONS:Patients who were older than 65 years of age, retired, female, living in the urban area of Maringá, and infected by vector transmission in childhood in Paraná presented cardiac and digestive signs and did not receive etiological treatment when first diagnosed.
Authors: Vinícius Viana Abreu Montanaro; Thiago Falcão Hora; Creuza Maria da Silva; Carla Verônica de Viana Santos; Maria Inacia Ruas Lima; Eleonora Maria de Jesus Oliveira; Gabriel R de Freitas Journal: Neurol Sci Date: 2019-07-30 Impact factor: 3.307
Authors: Carolina de Araújo Medeiros; Maria Beatriz de Araújo Silva; André Luiz Sá de Oliveira; Sílvia Marinho Martins Alves; Maria das Neves Dantas da Silveira Barros; Maria da Glória Aureliano de Melo Cavalcanti; Gênova Maria de Azevedo Oliveira; Cristina de Fátima Velloso Carrazzone; Wilson Alves de Oliveira; Zulma Maria de Medeiros Journal: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Date: 2022-02-02 Impact factor: 1.846