TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiological investigation of an acute case of chagas disease in an area of active transmission in Peruvian Amazon region
AU - Cabrera, Rufino
AU - Vega, Silvia
AU - Cáceres, Abraham G.
AU - Ramal A, César
AU - Álvarez, Carlos
AU - Ladera, Pedro
AU - Pinedo, Raul
AU - Chuquipiondo, Gladys
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The study objective was to investigate an acute case of Chagas disease in the San Pedro de Shishita community, Pebas District, in the Peruvian Amazon basin, a non-endemic area. Both parents of the index case (acute case) were thoroughly interviewed, a seroepidemiological survey was carried out in the community, parasitological exams were carried out only in relatives of the index case, and triatomine bugs were searched for inside houses, peridomiciliary, and in wild environments. Seroprevalence for IgG anti-T. cruzi antibodies was 1/104 (0.96%), using an ELISA test and an indirect immunofluorescence assay. Panstrongylus geniculatus and Rhodnius pictipes adults were found. The index case is autochthonous from San Pedro de Shishita, but the source of transmission is unknown.
AB - The study objective was to investigate an acute case of Chagas disease in the San Pedro de Shishita community, Pebas District, in the Peruvian Amazon basin, a non-endemic area. Both parents of the index case (acute case) were thoroughly interviewed, a seroepidemiological survey was carried out in the community, parasitological exams were carried out only in relatives of the index case, and triatomine bugs were searched for inside houses, peridomiciliary, and in wild environments. Seroprevalence for IgG anti-T. cruzi antibodies was 1/104 (0.96%), using an ELISA test and an indirect immunofluorescence assay. Panstrongylus geniculatus and Rhodnius pictipes adults were found. The index case is autochthonous from San Pedro de Shishita, but the source of transmission is unknown.
KW - Amazonian Ecosystem
KW - Chagas disease
KW - Peru
KW - Seroepidemiologic studies
KW - Triatominae
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78249289937&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/S0036-46652010000500009
DO - 10.1590/S0036-46652010000500009
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:78249289937
SN - 0036-4665
VL - 52
SP - 269
EP - 272
JO - Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
JF - Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
IS - 5
ER -