Using a Chagas disease hospital database: a clinical and epidemiological patient profile

Author(s)

Bruscato, Andressa ^[1] ; Pereira, Mariane Barroso ^[2] ; Archilia, Mariana Degaki ^[1] ; Teodoro, Thassia Mariane ^[1] ; de Almeida, Eros Antonio ^[2] ; Martins, Luiz Claudio ^[2] ; Peloso, Eduardo de Figueiredo ^[3] ; Gadelha, Fernanda Ramos ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Bioquim & Biol Tecidual, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Fac Ciencias Med, Dept Clin Med, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Alfenas, Inst Ciencias Biomed, Dept Bioquim, Alfenas, MG - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical; v. 51, n. 6, p. 831-835, NOV-DEC 2018.
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Abstract

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Chagas disease (CD) prevention and control rely on studies of its distribution, characteristics of individuals affected and mode of transmission. CD data in Brazil are scarce; a retrospective analysis of the clinical characteristics of 80 patients treated at the Clinical Hospital of UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, was performed. METHODS: Patient data records were analyzed. RESULTS: Thirty percent of the patients probably got infected through vector-borne transmission, 65% came from endemic areas, a predominance of cardiac and cardiodigestive forms was found among males, and the cardiac form prevailed (51%). CONCLUSIONS: The results update the view on the epidemiology of CD in Campinas, Brazil. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/24595-9 - Correlation between the biochemical parameters of Trypanosoma cruzi isolates from Chagas disease patients with different clinical forms of the disease and the pathogenesis of the disease
• Grantee: Fernanda Ramos Gadelha
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants