Epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with Chagas disease in the Central-North area of Paraná, Southern Brazil

Profiles of patients with Chagas disease in Paraná were studied. A descriptive, questionnaire-based study was performed. 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%), card...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2018-03, Vol.51 (2), p.225-230
Main Authors: Gasparim, Aretuza Zaupa, Fontes, Carlos Edmundo Rodrigues, Rossoni, Diogo Francisco, Toledo, Max Jean de Ornelas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Brazil - epidemiology
Chagas disease
Chagas Disease - diagnosis
Chagas Disease - epidemiology
Children
Chronic disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease transmission
Epidemiology
Etiology
Female
Heart
Heart diseases
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Parasitic diseases
Patients
Prevalence
Socioeconomic Factors
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Urban areas
Urban Population
Vector-borne diseases
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Summary:Profiles of patients with Chagas disease in Paraná were studied. A descriptive, questionnaire-based study was performed. 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. 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.
ISSN:0037-8682
1678-9849
1678-9849
DOI:10.1590/0037-8682-0173-2017